C&C Special Edition: Trump cracks the Epstein vault; Bondi moves to unseal grand jury files; Dems panic as trap backfires; media chaos begins; Disclosure Phase 1 is live—expect flares and fangs.
And He has made My mouth like a sharp sword; In the shadow of His hand He has hidden Me, And made Me a polished shaft; In His quiver He has hidden Me.”
---Isaiah 49:2
In the shadow of Your wings, In the shadow of His hand. this is where we stand!
[For the choir director. A Psalm of David the servant of the LORD, who spoke to the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul.]
And he said,
“I love You, O LORD, my strength.”
The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer,
My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge;
My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
I call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised,
Oh wow, cool - that was unexpected. ❤️ It took me a while to search my memory of what I posted yesterday that could be considered witnessing. 🤣 I’m such a clueless dork sometimes.
I’m that chatty Cathy in the desk at the back of the classroom that innocently says absolutely EVERYTHING that pops into her head and drives the teacher mad, while having no clue as to why. Lol My siblings nicknamed me Motormouth at a young age. 😬 I have had to learn at a late age in life not all our thoughts were meant to be shared. Obviously, you didn’t see my comments that way but it helps explain why I am clueless to any impact good or bad.
Keep searching. There’s even more out there just as eloquent but Lee is the best place to start, or return to for a refresher. He was my pastor for 15 years. I watched him grow. He is amazing. I miss him and our lead pastor of those days so much.
Another book that always stuck with me was by a pastor of another nearby church, James Nicodem. He wrote a four book series and the first one was titled “Foundation: The Reliability of the Bible”. I think it was in this first book that I got the best explanation for why out of all religions on this earth Christianity is the one that is true, and I was able to use that explanation with my older son when he hit a rough patch in believing in God. It’s so logical and helped unravel my son’s thinking.
He explains how notable it is that the ONLY religion discriminated against absolutely everywhere you go in this world is the only one that teaches love and sacrifice like it does, (even Buddhism and Islam is embraced with acceptance everywhere you turn, and people practically trip over themselves to allow new age feel good spirituality, yet Christianity? Instant vitriol. How can that be when its teaching is so beautiful and loving?) If Satan really wanted to interfere with the truth being heard he would set out to discredit the one and only that is the truth, and he successfully did that around the entire world. His explanation is much more eloquent and targeted than my sloppy summary, and I’m pretty sure it’s in that first book of that series.
I was at a loss as to how to witness, not as to faith, nor having any doubts. The Lord had already "put me in a headlock" and held my eyes open to deal with my issues of worldview. I now see no conflict with what I observe and with scripture. Furthermore, the Bible is supernaturally coherent, as Dr. Michael Heiser put it.
I have heard Lee speak on various podcasts, but already as a believer. So, your recommendation was useful as a reminder of someone who has already stated things better than I could. His testimony and approach are fantastic!
Juju, I LOVE Lee Strobel's books and have 3 of them on my shelf. How cool that he was your pastor! Is he retired now? I was saved for real later in life, in my 40's, and God used Case for Christ to answer many of my questions, as well as Josh McDowell's old classic, "Evidence that Demands a Verdict". Praying for Cousin Clem!!
One of my VERY fave Scriptures passages (1 Corinthians Chapter 13 is my VERY, VERY favorite one). I have a photo of a pure white dove with it's wings unfurled, and slightly curving to "hide" its young....that speaks of this particular passage meaning very vividly. I wish I could share it here, but the C & C blog won't permit graphic sharing (and probably a good idea--that!!)
Here's the "Dove Pic" that I mentioned - unfortunately, Substack's graphics upload "opening" will not accept the entire photo - but I believe you'll get the 'gist' of it!
What a chapter that is Sharon. I have read it and heard it read many times, but just read it again. Paul was surely led by the Holy Spirit when he wrote those words. So very moving.
Likewise, Dave! And, I always am HUMBLED and GRATEFUL when I meditate on those words in Paul's "Love Chapter"--what a HOLY, MAGNIFICENT CREATOR GOD would LOVE us, His rebellious, prideful 'creation' SO MUCH!
Thank you for your reminders that this is, first and foremost, a spiritual battle that is manifesting in the natural world. Evil is real, but Christ conquered death on the Cross and God wins!
I have a beautiful wall calendar with the regular Gregorian months, as well as the Biblical Hebrew months noted. And each day there is a segment of chapters listed to read, which will enable a complete reading of the Bible in one year. Today it's Proverbs 9-12. Psalms just finished up earlier this week.
The WSJ story is a fake story. Not a single word on how it came to them. Not a single image of the journal or the letter. Reporters all have cell phones and it’s easy to take a picture so why isn’t there one. They are telling us to just trust them on this. Well the WSJ has lied in the past about Trump and they have zero trust just like all MSM outlets. If this turns out to be as fake as I think they will have burnt the final straw to this subscriber of almost 50 years.
The democrats, all of them and the rinos, and the deep state created russia, russia, russia and ukraine, ukraine, ukraine, and the literally crazy cat lady e carrol dipshit's (and her corrupt judge) lies about trump, and the NY "attorney general's" Leticia "show me a pig (or a dog, cat, chicken, donut, fellow rat, etc), I will show you dinner" and "show me the man, I will show you their crime" Jame's (and her corrupt judge AND TREASONOUS DOJ) scandalous lies about Trump all made out of whole cloth and they were all proved to be mountainous volumes of bovine excrement - to cover their own misdeeds and to attempt to destroy Trump and MAGA. I almost forgot, the forever lying and gaslighting dishonest, bought and paid for "media". As Jeff likes to say, "We cannot hate them enough."
So now we are supposed to believe that after having the epstein pile of excrement that they didn't doctor it too? This is what they do. These people are evil at the core of their beings. They will stop at nothing to try to take down Trump and MAGA. These are the same abominations of humanity who try to convince children to destroy their genitals, who forced poison into your arms, who perform perverted acts in Senate Committee rooms, who steal elections, who redirect billions of tax payers dollars to their abominable, evil causes, etc etc etc. And then use the fucking autopen to grant themselves full pardons.
I'm MAGA, could really give a rat's ass about the Epstein files, and I think the "MAGA" that are all up in arms about it, aren't really MAGA at all, they are just infiltrators who are here as part of the Deep State's and uniparty's plans and efforts to undermine the Best President we have had in perhaps the entire history of the country.
That is what they do indeed. I think a good summary of all the democratic fakes (Smollet for instance, or the most recent fake ICE kidnapping) would be in order here to show their propensity to frame others to promote an agenda that is 98 percent fake.
Dan, I must disagree with your assessment in that last paragraph. I have no connection to the deep state - I am just a moral citizen yearning for our government to resemble that of the Founders' intentions.
I've followed the Epstein story for years, long before he "committed suicide", and I have been hungry for justice. When Trump campaigned on exposing the Epstein files, I was on board - it's one of the big reasons I voted for him.
Six months in, he's abandoned DOGE and has told his supporters he doesn't want them if they want justice on the Epstein thing. And that feels like a betrayal. I'm not trying to undermine Trump. I just want him to have the integrity to do what he promised. It's what I expected when I voted for him.
Doug - he is doing what he promised, just not the way many of us expected. And Dan is correct about the fake MAGA influencers who are PAID, who are shills for anyone or any org. that wants to derail the Trump train. Chris Paul calls them Attention Farmers. Pay no attention to them.
I just want to point out that I'm emphatically NOT any kind of paid influencer - I'm a flesh-and-blood 63-year-old dude who pays [probably way too much] attention to politics, particularly after politics intruded into my life and nearly removed my ability to earn a living during the COVID madness. It's why I'm here in this group.
I've shared more of my opinions here than I've posted in my own 'stack by far, because I appreciate Jeff's take on things and the people here who share my values. I really don't care whether Dan thinks I'm MAGA or "MAGA" - I'm not interested in how others label me. I just want to see our country on the right foot.
I am certainly NOT referring to you Doug. There are some accounts on X who have huge followings, and who will say anything to gain attention and promote discord among Trump's base. Last week I myself gave credence to some who called for Bondi to be fired, and I posted my agreement here. I was mistaken, I spoke too soon.
By the way, I was about your age when I began to focus on politics, ten years ago, when Trump first ran. Before that I was woefully ignorant of the tactics of the UniParty and the deep state, and what Trump was tasked to do. What a ride it has been.
I've been focused on politics for many years, going back to the Reagan years. Actually, my focus has been more on under-reported stories, scandals, deep-state stuff, "conspiracy theories" (many of which have since been confirmed as legitimate, BTW). I've studied media and how it manipulates perception. I've studied the psychology of mass movements.
As I stated above, I've kind of "surfed" the waves of politics most of my life, watching in detached amusement as various movements came and went, seeing the masses manipulated and deceived by masters of the craft. I've tried to the best of my ability to see the undercurrents and grasp what's really going on, with admittedly limited success.
I think I'm more informed than most of my friends and family in this regard, but humbly admit that I may be full of shit at times, too. It's incredibly difficult to know with any certainty what is going on -- the game is designed that way.
Doug, how many times have I wondered what was meant by “we will hold them all accountable”? And then no release. But, as usual, we have to understand that Trump’s path is usually trustworthy though perhaps unknown to us immediately. Keep the faith, my friend.
Hi Doug, thanks. I disagree with your disagreement.
Trump has WAY OVER PERFORMED on his promises, what do you think he has been doing for the last 6 months - it would take me about 10 pages to list it all. He has not abandoned DOGE, it is still fully at work uncovering decades of crimes by the real criminals. But the Senate has surely abandoned Trump and DOGE. So you are going to abandon Trump and MAGA over a nothing burger like the "Epstein files". Tell you what, why don't you go grab your AR15 (you've got one right?) and go hunt down the evil fucks who perpetrated the crimes - that would be your time far better spent than bitching about Trump on the epstein issue. If you are hoping to somehow get Trump, do you really think, they wouldn't have already deployed everything they have, if it was legit??? Like cabbage used to say, C'mon man.
If you were yearning for your government to resemble the founders intentions, you must have been apoplectic the last 4 years, when the government was absolutely treasonous and couldn't give a damn about the founders intentions.
Doug, I don't know you from Adam but if you are going to let the epstein issue be the big issue, then I can only come to the conclusion that you are "MAGA" and not MAGA.
Dan, that's okay -- we can agree to disagree with one another's disagreements.
Yes, I was apoplectic over the past 4 years. It's why I'm so sensitive to anything I perceive as a compromise to Trump's stated agenda.
After 4 years of gaslighting (many more than that, really, if one is paying attention), when Trump says "what, you're still talking about that Epstein thing?" after campaigning on that issue, it sets off alarm bells.
Only if you view the Epstein issue as merely a child-trafficking case.
If Epstein had the goods on Congress members, judges, DOJ people and other high-ranking officials, then our whole concept of "representative government" is a sham. If deep state operatives working for CIA/Mossad control our system through racketeering and extortion, then We the People actually have no voice. This is the very embodiment of the Swamp.
Yes, I care about children being turned into sex slaves for the rich and powerful. But if those people are under the control of a foreign government because of their perverted dalliances with guys like Epstein, that is a HUGE issue. Our sovereignty itself is at stake.
I read this from Chris Paul yesterday - it is spot on, this is what we are seeing. He summarizes this whole thing brilliantly, and along the lines with Jeff's breakdown.
Thank you for this substack article which supports Dan’s view 100%. Sometimes I think I am more convinced by Dan than by Trump who keeps us guessing…for good reasons. Trump does not disappoint, but like every human, he can make a mistake occasionally.
"Six months in, he's abandoned DOGE" - really? Says who?
Somebody smarter than me once said, "I don't so much listen to what Trump says; I watch what he DOES." And he says some really odd things sometimes that don't seem to make sense. Just hang in there and see how it all plays out. Remember irregular warfare; not all is as it seems. Some of this is for the enemy, not us.
I can't believe the bickering you commentors are doing. You can support Trump and not worship him or think he never makes a bad decision. He is human and not our savior nor our GOD. He is who he is. That is one of the reasons GOD chose him for this job. You praise Trump for his accomplishments but don't evidently see or understand that he could not have accomplished any without GOD'S favor. Praise and thank GOD. GOD is fulfilling HIS promises of exposing things done in the dark to the light which is truth. Trump accepted this assignment. GOD is showing him the way. Praise GOD not a man.
You must be joking. Not sure where you get the idea I "intensely dislike Trump"... I voted for him three times.
Holding someone to their word is different than intensely disliking them. I tend to favor people with integrity, and even if they wobble a bit once in a while, I give them a chance to get it right - sometimes to my own detriment.
I favor Trump. I think he's interesting. I like what he says. I think he's funny and I think he has a big heart. I don't worship him - I save that for God.
If he acts in a way that doesn't support what he says, I will criticize him for it - not that it makes any difference to him. If being MAGA means ignoring lapses in integrity, then I guess I'm not MAGA. I wasn't aware that was a requirement for taking part in discussions here.
Oh, my! I, myself, have voted for Trump 6 times. This ‘I voted for him 3 times’ line is becoming a tell. It sounds like those using it didn’t want him to be the Republican candidate, but then in the Generals couldn’t bring themselves to vote for Hillary, or Joe or Kamala. (If they’re being truthful even.). And they will never actually accept him, no matter what he accomplishes.
You are most definitely not MAGA. I’m not aware of any requirements at all for posting on here. Anyone can throw their thoughts out here. If I, a woman in her 75th year, am intimidating to you, you might want to try and develop a thicker skin.
Please know I am not implying anything regarding your remarks here, Doug, however, I just have this one question…Did you READ the ENTIRE C&C Blog here that Jeff Childers just drew for us, portraying a perfect scenario of what is most likely taking place before our very eyes????
Emme, of course I read it. While I regard Jeff's writing highly, his interpretation of events is one person's opinion. I'll even admit that his scenario is pretty air-tight, and MAYBE that's what's going on. But there are other ways to interpret the news besides just Jeff's opinions.
I'm taking it all in, hoping for the best. My reactions around this issue center around Trump's apparent disregard for any of his supporters who aren't satisfied with what appears to be gaslighting from him and others in his administration. After four solid years of that under Biden, I'm not disposed to accept any more of it.
Bottom line: I'm not turning off my brain for Trump, for Jeff, for anyone here that wants to accuse me of not being MAGA just because I still have a lot of questions.
Doug: you’re not trying to undermine Trump? Right. He says he doesn’t want “supporters” who want justice on Epstein? Is that REALLY what he said, or your interpretation of it because you feel personally “betrayed”? Why is it you supposed “MAGA patriots” cannot leave the man to do the job you say you voted him in to do? Are you literally putting your life on the line every day to expose this DS filth? He’s abandoned DOGE? What more would you like him to do there? You want him to expose the Epstein truth - but you’re going to dictate the terms of that exposure because you know so much more than he does about what’s underneath that pile of filth so, of course, you could do a better job. So he has failed you? What a joke! Maybe you and your faux “MAGA” friends are exactly the “supporters” he doesn’t want?
Again, Trump fan here, he has done a lot of great things. But DOGE was kind of a disappointment. $9.7B? I had an argument with my [conservative] boss when DOGE was created that there was no way they could cut $2T. I said, well, let's just see! Even if its half of that, its worth it! Then we got...$9.7B. :( I agree there were many important cuts and disclosures (USAID), but the whole DOGE thing, Elon debacle, minimal savings, the trillions in debt in the BBB. Those are things I cannot defend and I always want to be able to defend Trump and his policies and actions.
Willing Spirit, this is a war as old as time. It is a spiritual war between good and evil. Is. Was. And always will be until the very end when satan and his followers are destroyed.
I, too, believe Jeff is onto something with the DOJ releasing the Grand Jury docs rather than the usually understood “FBI files” which undoubtedly have been doctored many times by evil demons within the Democrat/FBI. Those conspiracy creators are always plotting the next devious move against Trump rather than doing something to help the American people. They had four years to create lots of trouble there, like the pee-tapes from Russia. Hard to believe these creeps were elected or appointed to help and protect Americans. God help us all.
Well said Dan ! And I would add that the deep state may now be using this epstein files stuff as a type of false flag. This is a sort of short video stating what epstein was actually doing behind the sex trafficking scenes.
Donna, thank you for sharing that video - it is an excellent presentation of what is really going on, I wish everyone could take the 14 minutes required to watch it and be educated.
I agree. As to the deep state and Epstein, just a thought- President Trump stated that many innocents could be caught up in the files.
This article by Jeff is very possible and likely. It is rational and I think likely to think Epstein was a DS operation of blackmail. And as such, ripe to ALSO use false information to frame innocent. (another layer of protection) Files modified , evidence planted. The DS has known this could come out for many years.
We are fighting Mordor on the Potomac. Every 3 letter agencie protects the other, and the DOJ remains DS territory To paraphrase, ("no reasonable prosecution allowed") A real DOJ is required to prosecute. I understand the appearance is he is protecting the DS.( You know, the DS that apparently tried to kill him twice, prosecuted him maliciously and without cause many times as well as those close to him) Yet without the DOJ on board, it is very nasty business.
Take the EPA, 144 just outed themselves. There are hundreds of thousands of 3 letter employees, over 90 percent DS.
We are in a battle.
To prove a willingness for balance consider my comment here Regarding Brazil tarrifs...
There are many corrupt all over. I am not certain I would want any other nation punishing our nations producers because of something Biden did to Trump.
President Trump needs to clearly and often repeat to the US and other nations exactly why he is applying particular tariffs. Show the math ” clearly and often”, including once a month fireside chats. And those reasons need to be based on how our production is tarrifed or excise taxed by them.
Why? Because otherwise nation states will see it ( with help from statist reporting) as US tyranny, and this will accelerate the move towards BRICS.
Adding tarrif penalties to innocent other nations producers for actions their leadership took, will only aid and expedite this. ”
I have asked for PSDs Presedential Sponsoreed Debates, where all this would be discussed. “Fools argue, wise men discuss their differences.
Many have said that there was a three letter agency and equivalent foreign agency of a certain 'blessed' country connection with Epstein, and that's why the silence.
98% of what is called "journalism" today is op-ed. Pitiful. Remember when it was just one page in the newspaper, your aunt Edith writing in her opinion and then being thrilled when it was published and you cut that out with nail scissors?
Only citizen journalism is real journalism any more.
Tucker Carlson last night interviewed a historian, Darryl Cooper and boy Epstein was part of the CIA, Mossad and close friends with Adnan Khashoggi and his relations with Bear Stearns and who was paying him ungodly amounts of money. The interview was 3 hours and Epsteins ties go way back even to George HW Bush. The replay is up now. I hope Epstein is dead bc he is the true definition of a waste product and sick twist. On his walls in his mansion, he had artwork from "artists" like Kim Noble depicting horrid scenes of adults and children and Marina Abramovic who is known for her sick twist Spirit Cooking dinner parties that people like lady GaGa and Gwen Stefani attended. Look this up if you want to be sick to your stomach. Just out the files, I don't care if all these so called powerful men are outed. Let them be, time for Karma is way past due. Time to place Light on the Evil and let it burn. This is not rocket science. Release everything and not redacted except for the victims. Out them just like the CEO just outed at a Coldplay concert with his mistress, the HR head.
Spirit cooking occult dinner is proudly displayed by $oros son that year of its notoriety with Podesta..it was on his Instagram, captioned with 'dining tonight in hell', with a woman lying on a table in the background. Such sick satanic stuff.
I'm waiting for the day all the HRC diehard supporters have to face the reality of Frazzledrip. One in particular (former friend ) I have not spoken to since Election Day +1 2016 after I found out from a mutual friend she had posted on Facebook a scathing rant against everyone who had denied Kilary and voted for Trump
I declined too when it came out, but one day, on a site I was on, it came up unexpectedly. I watched for a bit until I realized what it was, then quickly shut it down. I have already seen too many things I cannot unsee and will haunt me till my dying day. No wonder the Normies try so hard to pretend what really is really isn't.
Thanks for the report, but Carlson needs to break w/ D. Cooper. That guy is very bad news. And Carlson has been slow-walking and barely-reporting all his Covid-vax-harm info for 2 years now.
I think this was one of the rags I unsubscribed my dad from as he was in his last days or after he passed. For some reason, he signed up for enews subs with all sorts of crazy "news" outlets - WaPo, NYT, WSJ, and others. Of course, this tended to shift his perspective massively leftward as he was "informed" about what was going on. :/ Seeing all of that explained a lot about that shift because he was pretty conservative most of his life. Even consuming most of that, he was still relatively conservative, but was falling into the "orange man bad" camp just because. :(
Same. My dad was a thinking, conservative, family man until he started reading the Lefty Three Papers after he retired. His generation doesn't understand that newspapers boldly lie now . I doubt many younger people subscribe. Would love to see their subscription demographics.
My husband continues to view the WSJ as one of the only news sources he will listen to. I have tried to explain that they are actually the same as the others, now, but he does not look at anything else as having the “gravitas” for him to believe their “news”. He pretty much has TDS and would not vote for President at all in the last election. I am a cautious MAGA that wants the honest discussion about what is going on in our government, and cheer anything that exposes darkness, lies, and anti-constitutional behavior. I appreciate Jeff’s take on the Epstein files in this article, although my exposure to Whitney Webb’s writings made me really question what was going on with Trump’s rhetoric on this one. I needed a little light to not become so cynical that I lose hope we can turn this massive boat to a more transparent and constitutional course.
You and I could be friends. My hubs watches CNN and MSNBC and all that Sunday Morning crap. He didn’t vote, either. He nearly voted for Kamala, God help me.
He’s way boosted, so I blame his complete turn around on that.
Powell was referred to the DOJ for criminal investigation. Trump has given him two options, resign or face the other scrutiny. Trump WILL end the Fed, even if it is done in an indirect way by rolling it into the Treasury and making it obsolete.
I read this from Chris Paul yesterday - it is spot on, this is what we are seeing. He summarizes this whole thing brilliantly, and along the lines with Jeff's breakdown.
The WSJ has been circling the drain the last 10 years, and it’s surprising a once conservative, business oriented news organization has dedicated itself to attack a conservative populist president. One has to wonder, are any of the corporate media outlets capable of real journalism anymore. Or, have all their resources been diverted and shaped into propaganda and narrative control. This WSJ story is so poorly researched and written, I can’t imagine it would be approved for print at the Enquirer. This is how far MSM has fallen. On top of that you have the wokefied AP style guide that coverts formerly clear concise writing into DEI word salad, rendering article virtually unreadable.
Agree. They have lied and continue to do mediocre to bad job, including strategically lying, by weaponizing their op-ed. I stopped reading and following long ago to send a message.
Alan Dershowitz chimed in and claim that the WSJ did not provide him a copy of his so called letter in so called Journal so he could authenticate it.
“And so they published the story without authenticating it with me, and that will be an important point in trying to prove malice, so I suspect I will be a witness if this case ever goes to trial,”
I put this quote on the WSJ comments section on the article and the WSJ rejected it.
It more and more obvious that its a pure fake/false/lie of a story.
I abandoned the WSJ about three years ago but never anticipated they'd stoop to these lows. I'm willing to bet some of their quality journalists are scratching their heads today.
We live in a somewhat, altho fading fast, rural area and Monday we received in the mail, a card from Nielsen ratings corp, or whatever it's called. The card told us we might be selected to participate in a survey. Yesterday an envelope with a dollar bill 💰💰💰💰💰 and some instructions, provided a link to take a survey; with the promise of a $5 check to follow. 💰💰💰💰💰💰🍺💰💰 We took the survey, slamming the tv industry & their programming. We can't help but wonder if they were fishing for hayseeds who demand their PBR, 🍺 errr I mean PBS.
Now we are debating what to do with our new wealth, a Caribbean or Alaskan Cruise are the top vote getters.
I do business research for a living - Nielsen is the longest standing (started in the 1950's) media research company, and generally does not appear to be politically biased, Their ratings determined viewership which determines ad rates and they were king of the hill for decades. In the last 2 decades they have scrambled to keep up - streaming, people watching on phones, self reporting bias, monitoring boxes that may show a channel tuned in but not who, if anyone is watching, and so on. But they still throw some weight due to their years of experience and they are still widely cited. Their future hinges on 'getting it right'.
We are ota with an ota dvr & a moderately smart tv. We turn the internet on when we need it, that's how the dvr updates the tv schedules. Based on the way the tv & dvr act I suspect they communicate with some platform, revealing our viewing activities. We rarely watch anything that isn't recorded, zooming past the obnoxious/repulsive drug propaganda, plus we watch old shows, nothing new. I suspect we are classified as dull; sure hope so! 🤠
I wondered if Nielsen was involved with any of that.
My family watches old movies and tv shows on free YouTube. I’m guessing that is why none of us ever participated in the Global Scamdemic and no one got the clot shot! We subscribe to various newsletters and podcasts from trusted (?) sources such as Coffee & Covid, War Room and in the past Bongino. I can’t stand the woke commercials and for the most part old movies in black and white aren’t ad supported by wokatarian companies.
We have Plex, which is an app. We paid for a lifetime membership of $150. We’ve had it for at least 5 years, maybe more. With it, we have access to an insane amount of programming, AND you can record shows. We just skip through commercials. We primarily watch talent shows (knowing that these are also staged) and things like American Ninja Warrior. Even with these, there’s still a push of all the woke crap, which we ignore.
Yes, they monitor streaming but on a select/random basis - they don't have some all seeing eye that tells them what everyone is doing. Their biggest problem, from a data integrity standpoint, is that viewership is so scattered, some of the monitoring does not have sample sizes large enough to overcome margin of error problems. And as far as I know it does not count people like me who 'watch' shows like Epoch Times Crossroads or Sean Ryan on Rumble, etc. on my laptop. Our TV is old and dumb and hubby still insists on paying for dish so he can watch sports, and that kind of viewership is much easier to capture.
I generally try to have 3 independent sources around any key data point - and dig a lot into the methodology. But sometimes it gets pretty thin. Haven't had a media project in a long time but know Nielsen gets a lot of shade but it's still the easy button for a lot of trade press and other media outlets. Comscore probably is better at digital media but they all are a little black box in terms of how they REALLY derive their data. There has been a lot of consolidation in the market research space and bigger is not necessarily better. Lots of boilerplate methodology and reports out there that don't really cover the nuances.
Thank you, Jeff, for explaining the legal aspects of unsealing the grand jury files. It will probably take more time than people expect, but this sounds hopeful!
I suspected this myself and so began the slow journey of “acceptance” that there was really nothing Trump could do and he had to refuse to release the FBI files for the sake of the country needing him to do everything he still needs to do for our country. It felt like mourning. But it never occurred to me the grand jury files were pure pre-corruption data, and could also be used to prove the evidence was tampered with. It’s brilliant.
Yes, I really appreciate Jeff's insight. I too figured after all this time in the custody of our friends in the federal agencies, the files had surely been rendered worthless to truth-seekers. I hadn't thought about the 2019 grand jury testimony. Makes sense, sounds near-perfect. After Trump's COVID response in 2020, and failure to correct course, I have a hard time buying that he plays 4D chess so well. Seems like an irreconcilable disconnect between his actions then and so many brilliant moves this time around. Experience helps, sure, but he turned 74 in 2020 and had plenty of experience. Better advisors, and fewer bad ones might be the big difference. Trump's doing great. But I think we owe some others on his team big time for TAW.
He had experience but not as much with the Deep State. I think he learned a lot during his first term and then had time to craft a more strategic approach for his second term.
He'd had 3+ years experience with the deep state by 2020. I agree he's wiser now. But IMO he is a long way from atoning for being completely rolled by the deep state state in 2020. If more experience was required for Trump to get up to speed, then why did millions of us see exactly what was going on in 2020? It was obvious. The GBD came out in 2020, he ignored it, stuck with Fauci, Birx, Bourla, and Bancel. Scott Atlas has revealed how clear it was Fauci and Birx were wrong, at the time. A 4D chess grandmaster could not have been so easily fooled. Trump deserves credit for having a better team this time around. It would have been impossible to have assembled such a team for his first term. But it should have been easy for him to see through their lies. Millions of us did so effortlessly.
The Grand Jury transcripts may never be released, or released a long time from now. We’ll see. As Jeff notes, anyone and everyone with a lawyer and named in those transcripts gets due process to be black sharpie concealed. Trump can point to any future ‘delay’ in releasing- that it is he who is first ensuring everyone gets due process. And this is ‘taking time’.
There WILL be delays. Significant ones. And I’m sure many will spin it as a sign of Trump’s purposeful doing. But I won’t believe that because it doesn’t matter who the president is, our judicial system is a woven mess right now. He has followed all laws so far, wisely knowing everything must be done in the confines of the law regardless if it hurts his agenda.
I’m pleased Trump has made the order to release the GJ transcripts. If/when they finally drop it’s my hope they lead to another Church Committee. We sorely need the deep state to be kneecapped.
But, I’m not at all confident these 2019 transcripts will weave their way in this direction.
Because, GJ transcripts will only be what the government prosecutors wanted to bring forth to convict at that time. And we already saw in ‘08 that Acosta was told to ‘go easy’ on Epstein because he was intel or intel adjacent. That signals to me that no intel smoking gun is in these ‘19 GJ transcripts.
Overall a savvy move by Trump to keep the masses at bay. But likely not going to be a deep state torpedo.
Just occurred to me that hiring a lawyer to block the release of the GJ transcripts is pointing a laser right at a guilty party. Will all the lawyers be representing “Joe Doe” to hide the names?
JuJu, you may want to watch the Tucker Carlson replay from last night. 3 hours of what JE was into and he really was a sick twist. You can't believe all his alliances from both sides of the aisle and the CIA and Mossad. He stunk to high heaven and I really hope he is dead. He was nothing but the devil's boy toy.
Why do we think the grand jury files wouldn't be tampered with? The Democrats are not dumb. I would be surprised if they didn't mess with those as well. Actually, I'll be shocked. I'm laughing daily with my friends as we say everything they have against us is all compromised, fake, etc. but everything we have against them, well, it's pure! Untouched! Authentic! So it ends up ALL being a he-said she-said. we all lose bc neither side believes the other. Each believes they are being set up. How cam we possibly know the truth anymore? How?
Yes! This is so helpful and makes such sense. I always said there would be no way an operation such as Epstein’s would leave behind a client list. Knowing how a grand jury operates this all makes perfect sense. Of course the obtuse media will never connect it.
I wonder now if Glenn Beck and Tucker’s urging to produce a list and fire Bondi was more political theater. Two can play this game.
Yes it’s hard to say what’s going on behind the scenes. And I know people have been angry about the lack of transparency, but to me, that’s like asking a poker player to show everyone all of his cards while the game is still being played. And the people he’s playing against are ruthless and ready to exploit any weaknesses they might see.
Running - Right on - you state the logical perspective of all things Politics. It is an ongoing poker game of power...and we aren't sitting at the table.
By calling it a “hoax” and treating it like lukewarm Jell-O salad at a church potluck, suddenly it’s the story. It’s Watergate meets the Murdaugh Murders swaddled in Tiger King wrapping paper. Throw in the former First Buddy—once head of Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency—poking around and lobbing accusations like he just unearthed Trump’s old burner phone in Epstein’s jet, and the scandal-meter really starts to hum.
But… what if—just hear me out—Elon is in on it? I know. It looks like he’s on a manic, AI-powered crusade to destroy Trump over the Epstein files (or anything else that’ll stick). He’s posted about it more than 35 times this week alone, used Grok to stir the pot, and accused Trump of orchestrating a cover-up. “Wow, amazing that Epstein ‘killed himself’ and Ghislaine is in federal prison for a hoax,” he wrote. You can hear CNN producers high-fiving over the espresso machine and clearing the prime-time schedule.
Yes, Everything Trump says has a ripple effect. I just wait and watch. Then laugh. I agree about Elon. Love your humorous takes. 😄Just learned about your substack here a few weeks ago.
Read it, liked it, and I never did buy the Elon/Trump breakup. But Jeff’s analysis of the Grand Jury documents makes sense to me for anyone in Bondi’s position should know what that entails.
I think it's absolutely true - the whole "fallout" between Trump and Musk reeks of cheap pro wrestling kayfabe, but you know what George Carlin said about "how dumb the average person is...and that half the population is even dumber than THAT"...
We should consider this; the head of the department of education is the wife of, and most likely the brains behind, the owner of the WWE, World Wrestling Entertainment
I keep keep thinking back to something Dan Bongino said before this “thing” started to heat up - words to the effect of “just because you can’t see what is going on doesn’t mean we aren’t working on it. Be sure that we are.” (Not a word for word quote but words to that effect.) That gives me some hope for strategy beyond what is presented for deep-staters and low-information voters.
Idon’t understand why he wants to use the SDNY grand jury. Couldn’t he use the Grand jury testimony from FL? That info is less likely yo be compromised. He could also release the depositions or testimony from Epstein’s female facilitators because they already have full immunity. I’ve read that the FL indictment was 53 pages long.
And as for the fake letter, that letter was probably written by a woman. It’s overly complicated, in 3rd person and it’s even written like a screenplay. Whoever created that totally overdid it. It’s like a scene in a teenage novel! lol
Susan Crabtree is also just reporting that the man who helped release the letter to the WSJ previously worked for a group called “Main Justice” and that has links too.. Fusion GPS!!! Main justice was Glenn Simpson’s wife publication. Simpson founded Fusion GPS, which was paid by Hillary through Perkin Coie to create the Steele dossier. It’s incredible really.
I’m not so sure the files from that grand jury testimony are uncorrupt. If they can get away with the steele dossier, they can do anything, including getting at sealed court documents.
This is the best article I've read regarding the Epstein mess. It makes a ton of sense. We know there are Epstein "files", but I don't believe there has ever been a "list", and you lay out the reasons why. I've suspected Democrats arranged for evidence to disappear, but I didn't think about them padding it or manipulating it to set a trap for Trump. It would take months, if not years, to properly vet the evidence. Releasing the grand jury files would be perfect.
Go watch the Tucker interview about Epstein, 3 hours long of his insidious partnerships and his sick art on the walls of his mansion. If JE is not dead, he should be.
I'll think about it. I have Tucker on time out. I'm completely ambivalent about Ted Cruz, but in that interview Tucker showed a side I didn't like. At all. I haven't been able to watch him since. But I appreciate the suggestion.
I'm not picking sides. Like I said, I'm ambivalent about Cruz. It was Tucker's behavior that got under my skin. Not saying he's right or wrong. I just thought it was a bad look. For me, it undermined his credibility.
I watched it too and saw what you did as well - BUT - I also had the exact same feelings about Cruz. At times he was insufferable and using evasiveness or misdirection and I couldn’t figure out why. They were both a bit out of line during that interview. I didn’t let it sway me to feel significantly different about Tucker though. He’s a true Journalist, willing to interview anybody and asks a lot of questions. Ultimately I don’t feel like Tucker is massaging or manipulating my perspective. He just gets it all laid out there for us to chew on.
I like Tucker too. But there isn't a media personality out there who isn't "massaging or manipulating" our perspective. I've developed a keen sense of this over the years, and I notice a little twinge every once in a while with Tucker, too. "Right there - he was trying to manipulate me!"
Of course, that sense is going off so often when I listen to CNN or NPR or read NYT, it almost goes numb...
Tucker's interview of the Iranian leader recently ;can't remember the name) was full BS. He didn't ask any hard questions, the guy said "have you ever heard of an Iranian killing an American?" And Tucker just smiled as if that were a great point. Instead of pointing out the many, MANY times Iranian backed terrorists have killed, kidnapped, bombed Americans. It was sick.
Even Dan Bongino was saying in 2023 that Epstein was a likely asset... and it was told to him that any real Epstein blackmail material operation was operated by HIS handlers, and the material was in the possession of those running him, rather than Epstein himself.
Dan said he heard this from someone at Fox (in a green room chat he had with them, if I remember correctly since yesterday, yes my memory can be that blurry at times):
min marker 52:50 for lead-in, 55:50 for what Bongino was saying about Epstein in 2023.
I'm starting to think the whole bunch of them used mutually assured destruction blackmail on each other, including ON Epstein himself, just so they could feel comfortable working with each other. Kind of like gang initiation crimes to join the gang... Some just carried it further in the truly hideous direction (IMO), others ran for the hills to get away, with people in the whole spectrum in between.
I even allow for the possibility of undercover people working to infiltrate the network for the purpose of taking them down.
That’s interesting. I place a lot of credibility in Dan. Letting handlers act as a buffer makes sense, but what a twisted web that would be. Money and power it’s pretty formidable, though.
Or maybe, he was never an intelligence "asset" OR a blackmailer, as Mike Benz says, and he was a liason (granted one with degrading personal predelictions, I would say) or cooperating contact/facilitator finance guy (makes me think of "The Accountant" but creepy rather than on the spectrum) who ran in criminal, corrupt, dark ops circles - "birds of a feather flock together" style. Mike talks about money laundering and arms smuggling, and business deals with young girls as swag, in essence.
He never delves into the occult stuff, from what I saw, or that girls who were swag may have been coerced.
If only we could have examined the envelope the bday card arrived in. Perhaps it had some Panhandle sand and seashells in it. Glad Bondi fired Maureen Comey.
I could just see them grinning and wringing their hands waiting for Trump to open the Pandora’s box and all their lies come spilling forth to “incriminate” Trump like any malicious trap would do. It’s makes Trump’s responses seem even more reasonable.
So you think that the file Might have been tampered with while sitting in the SDNY office under Maureen Comey, James Comeys daughter, who worked on JE & GM case (and PD) who was just fired by the DOJ? Say it isn't so!
Does reading about the Epstein stuff make anyone else feel like you need to go take a hot shower and scrub your eyeballs? And we haven’t even seen ANY of the real dirt, and don’t want to!
The whole salacious mess is so entirely evil and nasty. You can almost understand why one would want to ignore it, sweep it under the rug, or just forget about it. Because I do…in my Polyanna mind, I wish it had never existed. Sadly, it did and the tragedy of it continues especially for those who are forced to dig into the filth and degradation of it. God be with them.
2nd best to washing your eyes out with soap? Sitting in a recliner with a cat on my lap and another on the arm of the chair (since the one is hogging my lap), and my faithful dog lying on my left on the floor. Oh yea, drinking coffee and reading C&C comments too!
I never thought she did that because of Epstein connection, but to protect their $$$ from what might happen to Bill because of this. They are both evil people. Love of money
I'll see your Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai, and raise you an Epstein File! This stuff is great. Intrigue TV. It's a Dope Opera. Every episode should begin, “Like sands through the hourglass, so are the Days of Our Lives.” It's better than, "As the World Turns." Hahaha.
✝️✝️✝️I have called upon You, for You will answer me, O God;
Incline Your ear to me, hear my speech.
Wondrously show Your lovingkindness,
O Savior of those who take refuge at Your right hand
From those who rise up against them.
Keep me as the apple of the eye;
Hide me in the shadow of Your wings[.]
— Psalm 17:6-8 NAS
✝️✝️✝️
And He has made My mouth like a sharp sword; In the shadow of His hand He has hidden Me, And made Me a polished shaft; In His quiver He has hidden Me.”
---Isaiah 49:2
In the shadow of Your wings, In the shadow of His hand. this is where we stand!
[For the choir director. A Psalm of David the servant of the LORD, who spoke to the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul.]
And he said,
“I love You, O LORD, my strength.”
The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer,
My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge;
My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
I call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised,
And I am saved from my enemies.
— Psalm 18:1-3 NAS
AMEN‼️
With President Trump 💯
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Janice I often screenshot your verses. My camera roll is overflowing with worthiness.
You just made my heart overflow. 🩷
Janice, I accidentally reported your lovely comment when I meant to report the bot spam below.
Maybe they’ll let me slide this one time. 🤭
I’m always worried about hitting the wrong dots for that!
Juju, your witnessing yesterday filled me with joy.
Oh wow, cool - that was unexpected. ❤️ It took me a while to search my memory of what I posted yesterday that could be considered witnessing. 🤣 I’m such a clueless dork sometimes.
I’m that chatty Cathy in the desk at the back of the classroom that innocently says absolutely EVERYTHING that pops into her head and drives the teacher mad, while having no clue as to why. Lol My siblings nicknamed me Motormouth at a young age. 😬 I have had to learn at a late age in life not all our thoughts were meant to be shared. Obviously, you didn’t see my comments that way but it helps explain why I am clueless to any impact good or bad.
The Lee Strobel recommendation was noteworthy.
I had found myself at a loss, and you were standing in the gap!
Navigating between a secular worldview and Scripture is not easy. It's a stronghold we are meant to tear down.
That’s wonderful.
Keep searching. There’s even more out there just as eloquent but Lee is the best place to start, or return to for a refresher. He was my pastor for 15 years. I watched him grow. He is amazing. I miss him and our lead pastor of those days so much.
Another book that always stuck with me was by a pastor of another nearby church, James Nicodem. He wrote a four book series and the first one was titled “Foundation: The Reliability of the Bible”. I think it was in this first book that I got the best explanation for why out of all religions on this earth Christianity is the one that is true, and I was able to use that explanation with my older son when he hit a rough patch in believing in God. It’s so logical and helped unravel my son’s thinking.
He explains how notable it is that the ONLY religion discriminated against absolutely everywhere you go in this world is the only one that teaches love and sacrifice like it does, (even Buddhism and Islam is embraced with acceptance everywhere you turn, and people practically trip over themselves to allow new age feel good spirituality, yet Christianity? Instant vitriol. How can that be when its teaching is so beautiful and loving?) If Satan really wanted to interfere with the truth being heard he would set out to discredit the one and only that is the truth, and he successfully did that around the entire world. His explanation is much more eloquent and targeted than my sloppy summary, and I’m pretty sure it’s in that first book of that series.
I was at a loss as to how to witness, not as to faith, nor having any doubts. The Lord had already "put me in a headlock" and held my eyes open to deal with my issues of worldview. I now see no conflict with what I observe and with scripture. Furthermore, the Bible is supernaturally coherent, as Dr. Michael Heiser put it.
I have heard Lee speak on various podcasts, but already as a believer. So, your recommendation was useful as a reminder of someone who has already stated things better than I could. His testimony and approach are fantastic!
Now, to put faith into practice . . .
That's because the shedding of Yeshua's PERFECT BLOOD as an attonement for OUR SIN is an AFFRONT to our fallen nature PRIDE and REBELLION.
Juju, I LOVE Lee Strobel's books and have 3 of them on my shelf. How cool that he was your pastor! Is he retired now? I was saved for real later in life, in my 40's, and God used Case for Christ to answer many of my questions, as well as Josh McDowell's old classic, "Evidence that Demands a Verdict". Praying for Cousin Clem!!
Same
Psalms 10:14-15
But you do see, for you note mischief and vexation,
that you may take it into your hands;
to you the helpless commits himself;
you have been the helper of the fatherless.
Break the arm of the wicked and evildoer;
call his wickedness to account till you find none.
One of my VERY fave Scriptures passages (1 Corinthians Chapter 13 is my VERY, VERY favorite one). I have a photo of a pure white dove with it's wings unfurled, and slightly curving to "hide" its young....that speaks of this particular passage meaning very vividly. I wish I could share it here, but the C & C blog won't permit graphic sharing (and probably a good idea--that!!)
Idea! Swap your profile picture with the dove image so we can see it!
Here's the "Dove Pic" that I mentioned - unfortunately, Substack's graphics upload "opening" will not accept the entire photo - but I believe you'll get the 'gist' of it!
What a chapter that is Sharon. I have read it and heard it read many times, but just read it again. Paul was surely led by the Holy Spirit when he wrote those words. So very moving.
Likewise, Dave! And, I always am HUMBLED and GRATEFUL when I meditate on those words in Paul's "Love Chapter"--what a HOLY, MAGNIFICENT CREATOR GOD would LOVE us, His rebellious, prideful 'creation' SO MUCH!
Beautiful verse. Thank You!
Thank you for your reminders that this is, first and foremost, a spiritual battle that is manifesting in the natural world. Evil is real, but Christ conquered death on the Cross and God wins!
I have a beautiful wall calendar with the regular Gregorian months, as well as the Biblical Hebrew months noted. And each day there is a segment of chapters listed to read, which will enable a complete reading of the Bible in one year. Today it's Proverbs 9-12. Psalms just finished up earlier this week.
Amen!
old testament spam is okay?
god loves a great game of tennis
Folks, please help keep the C&C comments clean of this pernicious scamming. Just open the three dots, select Report, and then note Spam Ad.
I'm working in my garage on a guided missile that seeks and destroys the vermin that send spam. I hope it's a hit.
Too many of us must be doing that right now. I’m getting locked out but will do that later. I have oft3n done this with the spamtwits.
Thanks for that! It will come in handy…
Thank you. I'm trying!
Thanks for the suggestion JT. Just reported it
that link is an excrescence
The WSJ story is a fake story. Not a single word on how it came to them. Not a single image of the journal or the letter. Reporters all have cell phones and it’s easy to take a picture so why isn’t there one. They are telling us to just trust them on this. Well the WSJ has lied in the past about Trump and they have zero trust just like all MSM outlets. If this turns out to be as fake as I think they will have burnt the final straw to this subscriber of almost 50 years.
The democrats, all of them and the rinos, and the deep state created russia, russia, russia and ukraine, ukraine, ukraine, and the literally crazy cat lady e carrol dipshit's (and her corrupt judge) lies about trump, and the NY "attorney general's" Leticia "show me a pig (or a dog, cat, chicken, donut, fellow rat, etc), I will show you dinner" and "show me the man, I will show you their crime" Jame's (and her corrupt judge AND TREASONOUS DOJ) scandalous lies about Trump all made out of whole cloth and they were all proved to be mountainous volumes of bovine excrement - to cover their own misdeeds and to attempt to destroy Trump and MAGA. I almost forgot, the forever lying and gaslighting dishonest, bought and paid for "media". As Jeff likes to say, "We cannot hate them enough."
So now we are supposed to believe that after having the epstein pile of excrement that they didn't doctor it too? This is what they do. These people are evil at the core of their beings. They will stop at nothing to try to take down Trump and MAGA. These are the same abominations of humanity who try to convince children to destroy their genitals, who forced poison into your arms, who perform perverted acts in Senate Committee rooms, who steal elections, who redirect billions of tax payers dollars to their abominable, evil causes, etc etc etc. And then use the fucking autopen to grant themselves full pardons.
I'm MAGA, could really give a rat's ass about the Epstein files, and I think the "MAGA" that are all up in arms about it, aren't really MAGA at all, they are just infiltrators who are here as part of the Deep State's and uniparty's plans and efforts to undermine the Best President we have had in perhaps the entire history of the country.
Dog aint gonna hunt.
We are at war with these animals.
Trump Always Wins.
That is what they do indeed. I think a good summary of all the democratic fakes (Smollet for instance, or the most recent fake ICE kidnapping) would be in order here to show their propensity to frame others to promote an agenda that is 98 percent fake.
🎯their propensity to frame others to promote an agenda"
🎯
Ship Smollet to Somalia!
Dan, I must disagree with your assessment in that last paragraph. I have no connection to the deep state - I am just a moral citizen yearning for our government to resemble that of the Founders' intentions.
I've followed the Epstein story for years, long before he "committed suicide", and I have been hungry for justice. When Trump campaigned on exposing the Epstein files, I was on board - it's one of the big reasons I voted for him.
Six months in, he's abandoned DOGE and has told his supporters he doesn't want them if they want justice on the Epstein thing. And that feels like a betrayal. I'm not trying to undermine Trump. I just want him to have the integrity to do what he promised. It's what I expected when I voted for him.
Doug - he is doing what he promised, just not the way many of us expected. And Dan is correct about the fake MAGA influencers who are PAID, who are shills for anyone or any org. that wants to derail the Trump train. Chris Paul calls them Attention Farmers. Pay no attention to them.
I just want to point out that I'm emphatically NOT any kind of paid influencer - I'm a flesh-and-blood 63-year-old dude who pays [probably way too much] attention to politics, particularly after politics intruded into my life and nearly removed my ability to earn a living during the COVID madness. It's why I'm here in this group.
I've shared more of my opinions here than I've posted in my own 'stack by far, because I appreciate Jeff's take on things and the people here who share my values. I really don't care whether Dan thinks I'm MAGA or "MAGA" - I'm not interested in how others label me. I just want to see our country on the right foot.
I am certainly NOT referring to you Doug. There are some accounts on X who have huge followings, and who will say anything to gain attention and promote discord among Trump's base. Last week I myself gave credence to some who called for Bondi to be fired, and I posted my agreement here. I was mistaken, I spoke too soon.
Doug - you are part of the family here.
" I was mistaken, I spoke too soon." Boy, we sure don't hear that very often! Kudos for your honesty.
Thank you, Dave. I appreciate that.
By the way, I was about your age when I began to focus on politics, ten years ago, when Trump first ran. Before that I was woefully ignorant of the tactics of the UniParty and the deep state, and what Trump was tasked to do. What a ride it has been.
I've been focused on politics for many years, going back to the Reagan years. Actually, my focus has been more on under-reported stories, scandals, deep-state stuff, "conspiracy theories" (many of which have since been confirmed as legitimate, BTW). I've studied media and how it manipulates perception. I've studied the psychology of mass movements.
As I stated above, I've kind of "surfed" the waves of politics most of my life, watching in detached amusement as various movements came and went, seeing the masses manipulated and deceived by masters of the craft. I've tried to the best of my ability to see the undercurrents and grasp what's really going on, with admittedly limited success.
I think I'm more informed than most of my friends and family in this regard, but humbly admit that I may be full of shit at times, too. It's incredibly difficult to know with any certainty what is going on -- the game is designed that way.
Amen! Thanks Dave.
You're welcome. I just corrected a spelling, I normally proof read before posting, lol.
You have to learn to watch what he does. What he says is often deliberate obfuscation to throw off the dogs. It's healthy to take a long view.
I'm trying, Jason. I'm watching, and still hopeful.
Thanks for the reminder...
I'm talking to myself, as well. Patience…. And, we are so far better off than we might have been, praise God.
Doug, how many times have I wondered what was meant by “we will hold them all accountable”? And then no release. But, as usual, we have to understand that Trump’s path is usually trustworthy though perhaps unknown to us immediately. Keep the faith, my friend.
I'll hang in there... Thanks, Marsha (or is it Louise?)
Hi Doug, thanks. I disagree with your disagreement.
Trump has WAY OVER PERFORMED on his promises, what do you think he has been doing for the last 6 months - it would take me about 10 pages to list it all. He has not abandoned DOGE, it is still fully at work uncovering decades of crimes by the real criminals. But the Senate has surely abandoned Trump and DOGE. So you are going to abandon Trump and MAGA over a nothing burger like the "Epstein files". Tell you what, why don't you go grab your AR15 (you've got one right?) and go hunt down the evil fucks who perpetrated the crimes - that would be your time far better spent than bitching about Trump on the epstein issue. If you are hoping to somehow get Trump, do you really think, they wouldn't have already deployed everything they have, if it was legit??? Like cabbage used to say, C'mon man.
If you were yearning for your government to resemble the founders intentions, you must have been apoplectic the last 4 years, when the government was absolutely treasonous and couldn't give a damn about the founders intentions.
Doug, I don't know you from Adam but if you are going to let the epstein issue be the big issue, then I can only come to the conclusion that you are "MAGA" and not MAGA.
LET TRUMP COOK, FFS.
Dan, that's okay -- we can agree to disagree with one another's disagreements.
Yes, I was apoplectic over the past 4 years. It's why I'm so sensitive to anything I perceive as a compromise to Trump's stated agenda.
After 4 years of gaslighting (many more than that, really, if one is paying attention), when Trump says "what, you're still talking about that Epstein thing?" after campaigning on that issue, it sets off alarm bells.
Epstein issue was/is a tiny issue compared to the MASSIVE issues he is taking on for you and me.
Only if you view the Epstein issue as merely a child-trafficking case.
If Epstein had the goods on Congress members, judges, DOJ people and other high-ranking officials, then our whole concept of "representative government" is a sham. If deep state operatives working for CIA/Mossad control our system through racketeering and extortion, then We the People actually have no voice. This is the very embodiment of the Swamp.
Yes, I care about children being turned into sex slaves for the rich and powerful. But if those people are under the control of a foreign government because of their perverted dalliances with guys like Epstein, that is a HUGE issue. Our sovereignty itself is at stake.
Lots of folks in MAGA are pissed about Epstein because Epstein represents a two-tiered justice system.
Kiddie diddlers were allowed to walk to continue kiddie diddling.
J6ers were hunted down like dogs for walking through the velvet ropes.
And people were incarcerated for praying outside abortion clinics.
Dan, 100% agree!
I read this from Chris Paul yesterday - it is spot on, this is what we are seeing. He summarizes this whole thing brilliantly, and along the lines with Jeff's breakdown.
https://open.substack.com/pub/imyourmoderator/p/one-yard-line?r=1657tz&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
Thank you for this substack article which supports Dan’s view 100%. Sometimes I think I am more convinced by Dan than by Trump who keeps us guessing…for good reasons. Trump does not disappoint, but like every human, he can make a mistake occasionally.
"Six months in, he's abandoned DOGE" - really? Says who?
Somebody smarter than me once said, "I don't so much listen to what Trump says; I watch what he DOES." And he says some really odd things sometimes that don't seem to make sense. Just hang in there and see how it all plays out. Remember irregular warfare; not all is as it seems. Some of this is for the enemy, not us.
I can't believe the bickering you commentors are doing. You can support Trump and not worship him or think he never makes a bad decision. He is human and not our savior nor our GOD. He is who he is. That is one of the reasons GOD chose him for this job. You praise Trump for his accomplishments but don't evidently see or understand that he could not have accomplished any without GOD'S favor. Praise and thank GOD. GOD is fulfilling HIS promises of exposing things done in the dark to the light which is truth. Trump accepted this assignment. GOD is showing him the way. Praise GOD not a man.
The truth, Doug, is that there are all sorts on the internet, masquerading as all sorts of things.
To me, you seem to obviously intensely dislike Trump and would be happy to see him gone. So I wonder about your identity and your true motives.
And like Trump said, he doesn’t want your ‘support’ anyway.
You must be joking. Not sure where you get the idea I "intensely dislike Trump"... I voted for him three times.
Holding someone to their word is different than intensely disliking them. I tend to favor people with integrity, and even if they wobble a bit once in a while, I give them a chance to get it right - sometimes to my own detriment.
I favor Trump. I think he's interesting. I like what he says. I think he's funny and I think he has a big heart. I don't worship him - I save that for God.
If he acts in a way that doesn't support what he says, I will criticize him for it - not that it makes any difference to him. If being MAGA means ignoring lapses in integrity, then I guess I'm not MAGA. I wasn't aware that was a requirement for taking part in discussions here.
Oh, my! I, myself, have voted for Trump 6 times. This ‘I voted for him 3 times’ line is becoming a tell. It sounds like those using it didn’t want him to be the Republican candidate, but then in the Generals couldn’t bring themselves to vote for Hillary, or Joe or Kamala. (If they’re being truthful even.). And they will never actually accept him, no matter what he accomplishes.
You are most definitely not MAGA. I’m not aware of any requirements at all for posting on here. Anyone can throw their thoughts out here. If I, a woman in her 75th year, am intimidating to you, you might want to try and develop a thicker skin.
Ditto! Doug.
Lapses in integrity? Quite a charge. Please fill me in on these lapses.
Please know I am not implying anything regarding your remarks here, Doug, however, I just have this one question…Did you READ the ENTIRE C&C Blog here that Jeff Childers just drew for us, portraying a perfect scenario of what is most likely taking place before our very eyes????
Emme, of course I read it. While I regard Jeff's writing highly, his interpretation of events is one person's opinion. I'll even admit that his scenario is pretty air-tight, and MAYBE that's what's going on. But there are other ways to interpret the news besides just Jeff's opinions.
I'm taking it all in, hoping for the best. My reactions around this issue center around Trump's apparent disregard for any of his supporters who aren't satisfied with what appears to be gaslighting from him and others in his administration. After four solid years of that under Biden, I'm not disposed to accept any more of it.
Bottom line: I'm not turning off my brain for Trump, for Jeff, for anyone here that wants to accuse me of not being MAGA just because I still have a lot of questions.
Doug, watch this if you have the courage to be educated, Donna P provided the link to me:
https://forbiddenknowledgetv.net/how-britains-new-ambassador-plans-to-destroy-trumps-economic-revolution/
... with what appears to be gaslighting....
isn't that itself, gaslighting, Doug?
Doug: you’re not trying to undermine Trump? Right. He says he doesn’t want “supporters” who want justice on Epstein? Is that REALLY what he said, or your interpretation of it because you feel personally “betrayed”? Why is it you supposed “MAGA patriots” cannot leave the man to do the job you say you voted him in to do? Are you literally putting your life on the line every day to expose this DS filth? He’s abandoned DOGE? What more would you like him to do there? You want him to expose the Epstein truth - but you’re going to dictate the terms of that exposure because you know so much more than he does about what’s underneath that pile of filth so, of course, you could do a better job. So he has failed you? What a joke! Maybe you and your faux “MAGA” friends are exactly the “supporters” he doesn’t want?
This! Damn well said MrsW.
Since the D’s didn’t release the documents
Again, Trump fan here, he has done a lot of great things. But DOGE was kind of a disappointment. $9.7B? I had an argument with my [conservative] boss when DOGE was created that there was no way they could cut $2T. I said, well, let's just see! Even if its half of that, its worth it! Then we got...$9.7B. :( I agree there were many important cuts and disclosures (USAID), but the whole DOGE thing, Elon debacle, minimal savings, the trillions in debt in the BBB. Those are things I cannot defend and I always want to be able to defend Trump and his policies and actions.
Too many people haven’t realized that we are at war. This is not a red vs. blue game like football or WWW.
Yes, and the evil ones and fence sitters are taking advantage of those who lack courage and keep their heads in the sand.
And still we are winning!
Willing Spirit, this is a war as old as time. It is a spiritual war between good and evil. Is. Was. And always will be until the very end when satan and his followers are destroyed.
I couldn’t agree more.
And the coffers for the Trump presidential library continue to
A delightful side effect.
I, too, believe Jeff is onto something with the DOJ releasing the Grand Jury docs rather than the usually understood “FBI files” which undoubtedly have been doctored many times by evil demons within the Democrat/FBI. Those conspiracy creators are always plotting the next devious move against Trump rather than doing something to help the American people. They had four years to create lots of trouble there, like the pee-tapes from Russia. Hard to believe these creeps were elected or appointed to help and protect Americans. God help us all.
Well said Dan ! And I would add that the deep state may now be using this epstein files stuff as a type of false flag. This is a sort of short video stating what epstein was actually doing behind the sex trafficking scenes.
https://forbiddenknowledgetv.net/how-britains-new-ambassador-plans-to-destroy-trumps-economic-revolution/
Donna, thank you for sharing that video - it is an excellent presentation of what is really going on, I wish everyone could take the 14 minutes required to watch it and be educated.
Trump is locked into a nuclear war with the US and EU NeoCons and the WSJ is a NeoCon mouthpiece. WSJ is a rag!
I agree. As to the deep state and Epstein, just a thought- President Trump stated that many innocents could be caught up in the files.
This article by Jeff is very possible and likely. It is rational and I think likely to think Epstein was a DS operation of blackmail. And as such, ripe to ALSO use false information to frame innocent. (another layer of protection) Files modified , evidence planted. The DS has known this could come out for many years.
We are fighting Mordor on the Potomac. Every 3 letter agencie protects the other, and the DOJ remains DS territory To paraphrase, ("no reasonable prosecution allowed") A real DOJ is required to prosecute. I understand the appearance is he is protecting the DS.( You know, the DS that apparently tried to kill him twice, prosecuted him maliciously and without cause many times as well as those close to him) Yet without the DOJ on board, it is very nasty business.
Take the EPA, 144 just outed themselves. There are hundreds of thousands of 3 letter employees, over 90 percent DS.
We are in a battle.
To prove a willingness for balance consider my comment here Regarding Brazil tarrifs...
There are many corrupt all over. I am not certain I would want any other nation punishing our nations producers because of something Biden did to Trump.
President Trump needs to clearly and often repeat to the US and other nations exactly why he is applying particular tariffs. Show the math ” clearly and often”, including once a month fireside chats. And those reasons need to be based on how our production is tarrifed or excise taxed by them.
Why? Because otherwise nation states will see it ( with help from statist reporting) as US tyranny, and this will accelerate the move towards BRICS.
Adding tarrif penalties to innocent other nations producers for actions their leadership took, will only aid and expedite this. ”
I have asked for PSDs Presedential Sponsoreed Debates, where all this would be discussed. “Fools argue, wise men discuss their differences.
Many have said that there was a three letter agency and equivalent foreign agency of a certain 'blessed' country connection with Epstein, and that's why the silence.
Mossad, and their partner in crime, the CIA.
Yes, am careful wth what I write.
Or MI6
Exactly. There is the REAL truth of the matter.
Your Mordor analogy is SO appropriate!
Correct. Well written.
Deepstate Street Journal
not only that but they censor all comments - why I left after a 50+ year subscriptions - such a shame
So true
The WSJ just redefined itself as tabloid trash.
Just more propaganda, I miss having journalists around.
The real ones are all on Substack or other more independent platforms now.
Huge growth of lefty liars are overwhelming Substack now. Many with thousands of subs a day but few likes or comments. Very suspicious.
Yeah that’s a shame. They saw that everyone is here now so hopped on the bandwagon 😕
At least poison it 🙁
Leftism spreads like the virus they are!
An opportunistic infection. 😊
Yup.
98% of what is called "journalism" today is op-ed. Pitiful. Remember when it was just one page in the newspaper, your aunt Edith writing in her opinion and then being thrilled when it was published and you cut that out with nail scissors?
Only citizen journalism is real journalism any more.
The only agenda the liberals have is their propagandist “media “
Tucker Carlson last night interviewed a historian, Darryl Cooper and boy Epstein was part of the CIA, Mossad and close friends with Adnan Khashoggi and his relations with Bear Stearns and who was paying him ungodly amounts of money. The interview was 3 hours and Epsteins ties go way back even to George HW Bush. The replay is up now. I hope Epstein is dead bc he is the true definition of a waste product and sick twist. On his walls in his mansion, he had artwork from "artists" like Kim Noble depicting horrid scenes of adults and children and Marina Abramovic who is known for her sick twist Spirit Cooking dinner parties that people like lady GaGa and Gwen Stefani attended. Look this up if you want to be sick to your stomach. Just out the files, I don't care if all these so called powerful men are outed. Let them be, time for Karma is way past due. Time to place Light on the Evil and let it burn. This is not rocket science. Release everything and not redacted except for the victims. Out them just like the CEO just outed at a Coldplay concert with his mistress, the HR head.
Spirit cooking occult dinner is proudly displayed by $oros son that year of its notoriety with Podesta..it was on his Instagram, captioned with 'dining tonight in hell', with a woman lying on a table in the background. Such sick satanic stuff.
Yes, lots of podesta involvement in the Tucker interview about Epstein last night. 3 hours of filth about Esptein.
I'm waiting for the day all the HRC diehard supporters have to face the reality of Frazzledrip. One in particular (former friend ) I have not spoken to since Election Day +1 2016 after I found out from a mutual friend she had posted on Facebook a scathing rant against everyone who had denied Kilary and voted for Trump
That I do not want to see (Frazzledrip)...
Can you imagine being on THAT grand jury?
I seriously want all these people tried for treason in a military tribunal.
I declined too when it came out, but one day, on a site I was on, it came up unexpectedly. I watched for a bit until I realized what it was, then quickly shut it down. I have already seen too many things I cannot unsee and will haunt me till my dying day. No wonder the Normies try so hard to pretend what really is really isn't.
the CEO just outed at a Coldplay concert with his mistress <--- that was beautiful karma, wasn't it?! LOL!
Thanks for the report, but Carlson needs to break w/ D. Cooper. That guy is very bad news. And Carlson has been slow-walking and barely-reporting all his Covid-vax-harm info for 2 years now.
Probably the last time the WSJ had anything decent was when it was in the movie Young Frankenstein.
“Oh, Zipperneck!” “My name is Abby Normal!” Loved that movie!! Even with the miscreant WSJ in it.
"PUTTINONTHARIIIIITZ!"
That was so awesome 😂
Would you like an espresso??🚬🕯️☕️ we could not believe that was Gene Hackman🤣😍
"He waz myy BOYFRIEND".
They still have subscribers?
I think this was one of the rags I unsubscribed my dad from as he was in his last days or after he passed. For some reason, he signed up for enews subs with all sorts of crazy "news" outlets - WaPo, NYT, WSJ, and others. Of course, this tended to shift his perspective massively leftward as he was "informed" about what was going on. :/ Seeing all of that explained a lot about that shift because he was pretty conservative most of his life. Even consuming most of that, he was still relatively conservative, but was falling into the "orange man bad" camp just because. :(
Same. My dad was a thinking, conservative, family man until he started reading the Lefty Three Papers after he retired. His generation doesn't understand that newspapers boldly lie now . I doubt many younger people subscribe. Would love to see their subscription demographics.
My husband continues to view the WSJ as one of the only news sources he will listen to. I have tried to explain that they are actually the same as the others, now, but he does not look at anything else as having the “gravitas” for him to believe their “news”. He pretty much has TDS and would not vote for President at all in the last election. I am a cautious MAGA that wants the honest discussion about what is going on in our government, and cheer anything that exposes darkness, lies, and anti-constitutional behavior. I appreciate Jeff’s take on the Epstein files in this article, although my exposure to Whitney Webb’s writings made me really question what was going on with Trump’s rhetoric on this one. I needed a little light to not become so cynical that I lose hope we can turn this massive boat to a more transparent and constitutional course.
Had to subscribe to WSJ for a business course as an undergrad, ‘required reading’. 🙄 Such a waste of beer money.
I should’ve put a 😜 becauae I was kinda teasing.
You and I could be friends. My hubs watches CNN and MSNBC and all that Sunday Morning crap. He didn’t vote, either. He nearly voted for Kamala, God help me.
He’s way boosted, so I blame his complete turn around on that.
Trump not talking about removing the Chaiman of the Federal Reserve any more.
There are no political parties, only bankers.
Wish we could get back on the Gold Standard.
Bad, bad orange man😂. The left will never quit making clowns of themselves.
Left and right are the uni-party.
Divide and conquer.
phhht, do you expect daily damnations coming out about Powell? Nice try....
Of course not.
Trump may have crossed that line by saying it.
The Fed rules the country.
Powell was referred to the DOJ for criminal investigation. Trump has given him two options, resign or face the other scrutiny. Trump WILL end the Fed, even if it is done in an indirect way by rolling it into the Treasury and making it obsolete.
Or else create a digital currency with his Genius act and make a better economic gulag for the slaves and AI.
Creating State banking should be the way to go. Won't happen.
Trump just signed a digital act today.
"Banksters."
I read this from Chris Paul yesterday - it is spot on, this is what we are seeing. He summarizes this whole thing brilliantly, and along the lines with Jeff's breakdown.
https://open.substack.com/pub/imyourmoderator/p/one-yard-line?r=1657tz&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
The WSJ has been circling the drain the last 10 years, and it’s surprising a once conservative, business oriented news organization has dedicated itself to attack a conservative populist president. One has to wonder, are any of the corporate media outlets capable of real journalism anymore. Or, have all their resources been diverted and shaped into propaganda and narrative control. This WSJ story is so poorly researched and written, I can’t imagine it would be approved for print at the Enquirer. This is how far MSM has fallen. On top of that you have the wokefied AP style guide that coverts formerly clear concise writing into DEI word salad, rendering article virtually unreadable.
Light exposing reporter behind the lies AGAIN! “Bogus Reporter Does Bogus Reporting”https://open.substack.com/pub/danaloesch/p/bogus-reporter-does-bogus-reporting?r=rk3au&utm_medium=ios
This is eye opening information. More and more doubts that this is real story and more and more conviction that its a fake story planted in the WSJ.
https://rumble.com/v6wcnlq-the-wsj-nothingburger-no-amnesty-means-no-amnesty-the-jobs-ai-wont-do-rowe-.html
Charlie Kirk also did a great job examining this today. In the first segment of his show today “WSJ Nothingburger”
Yup I saw this similar article
https://twitchy.com/samj/2025/07/18/so-the-wsj-reporter-who-broke-the-trump-letter-yeah-wow-n2415851?
Glenn’s father in law also was a client of HRCs 🤨
Why have you been paying them this long, for entertainment? 😶
Agree. They have lied and continue to do mediocre to bad job, including strategically lying, by weaponizing their op-ed. I stopped reading and following long ago to send a message.
Time to cancel that subscription. I was in your shoes and walked away years ago.
Alan Dershowitz chimed in and claim that the WSJ did not provide him a copy of his so called letter in so called Journal so he could authenticate it.
“And so they published the story without authenticating it with me, and that will be an important point in trying to prove malice, so I suspect I will be a witness if this case ever goes to trial,”
I put this quote on the WSJ comments section on the article and the WSJ rejected it.
It more and more obvious that its a pure fake/false/lie of a story.
I abandoned the WSJ about three years ago but never anticipated they'd stoop to these lows. I'm willing to bet some of their quality journalists are scratching their heads today.
We live in a somewhat, altho fading fast, rural area and Monday we received in the mail, a card from Nielsen ratings corp, or whatever it's called. The card told us we might be selected to participate in a survey. Yesterday an envelope with a dollar bill 💰💰💰💰💰 and some instructions, provided a link to take a survey; with the promise of a $5 check to follow. 💰💰💰💰💰💰🍺💰💰 We took the survey, slamming the tv industry & their programming. We can't help but wonder if they were fishing for hayseeds who demand their PBR, 🍺 errr I mean PBS.
Now we are debating what to do with our new wealth, a Caribbean or Alaskan Cruise are the top vote getters.
Don't spend it all in one place, as my father used to say.
Sage advice to be sure!
Brothers from another mother. My dad said it all the time.
I do business research for a living - Nielsen is the longest standing (started in the 1950's) media research company, and generally does not appear to be politically biased, Their ratings determined viewership which determines ad rates and they were king of the hill for decades. In the last 2 decades they have scrambled to keep up - streaming, people watching on phones, self reporting bias, monitoring boxes that may show a channel tuned in but not who, if anyone is watching, and so on. But they still throw some weight due to their years of experience and they are still widely cited. Their future hinges on 'getting it right'.
We are ota with an ota dvr & a moderately smart tv. We turn the internet on when we need it, that's how the dvr updates the tv schedules. Based on the way the tv & dvr act I suspect they communicate with some platform, revealing our viewing activities. We rarely watch anything that isn't recorded, zooming past the obnoxious/repulsive drug propaganda, plus we watch old shows, nothing new. I suspect we are classified as dull; sure hope so! 🤠
I wondered if Nielsen was involved with any of that.
My family watches old movies and tv shows on free YouTube. I’m guessing that is why none of us ever participated in the Global Scamdemic and no one got the clot shot! We subscribe to various newsletters and podcasts from trusted (?) sources such as Coffee & Covid, War Room and in the past Bongino. I can’t stand the woke commercials and for the most part old movies in black and white aren’t ad supported by wokatarian companies.
Those commercials are a bombardment! Grateful for the "skip ad" option!
We have Plex, which is an app. We paid for a lifetime membership of $150. We’ve had it for at least 5 years, maybe more. With it, we have access to an insane amount of programming, AND you can record shows. We just skip through commercials. We primarily watch talent shows (knowing that these are also staged) and things like American Ninja Warrior. Even with these, there’s still a push of all the woke crap, which we ignore.
Yes, they monitor streaming but on a select/random basis - they don't have some all seeing eye that tells them what everyone is doing. Their biggest problem, from a data integrity standpoint, is that viewership is so scattered, some of the monitoring does not have sample sizes large enough to overcome margin of error problems. And as far as I know it does not count people like me who 'watch' shows like Epoch Times Crossroads or Sean Ryan on Rumble, etc. on my laptop. Our TV is old and dumb and hubby still insists on paying for dish so he can watch sports, and that kind of viewership is much easier to capture.
Not to worry.
NSA is keeping track of us.
Hahahaha! So true.
So, as a business researcher, just how long does it take for a brand to be outted as a hack, having rested on their laurels for decades?
I generally try to have 3 independent sources around any key data point - and dig a lot into the methodology. But sometimes it gets pretty thin. Haven't had a media project in a long time but know Nielsen gets a lot of shade but it's still the easy button for a lot of trade press and other media outlets. Comscore probably is better at digital media but they all are a little black box in terms of how they REALLY derive their data. There has been a lot of consolidation in the market research space and bigger is not necessarily better. Lots of boilerplate methodology and reports out there that don't really cover the nuances.
Anything but a Carnival Cruise😘
🤣🤣🤣
Gorillas in the spray.
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Thank you, Jeff, for explaining the legal aspects of unsealing the grand jury files. It will probably take more time than people expect, but this sounds hopeful!
I especially appreciated his contrast of the grand jury evidence and the FBI files and how the latter could be compromised.
I suspected this myself and so began the slow journey of “acceptance” that there was really nothing Trump could do and he had to refuse to release the FBI files for the sake of the country needing him to do everything he still needs to do for our country. It felt like mourning. But it never occurred to me the grand jury files were pure pre-corruption data, and could also be used to prove the evidence was tampered with. It’s brilliant.
Yes, I really appreciate Jeff's insight. I too figured after all this time in the custody of our friends in the federal agencies, the files had surely been rendered worthless to truth-seekers. I hadn't thought about the 2019 grand jury testimony. Makes sense, sounds near-perfect. After Trump's COVID response in 2020, and failure to correct course, I have a hard time buying that he plays 4D chess so well. Seems like an irreconcilable disconnect between his actions then and so many brilliant moves this time around. Experience helps, sure, but he turned 74 in 2020 and had plenty of experience. Better advisors, and fewer bad ones might be the big difference. Trump's doing great. But I think we owe some others on his team big time for TAW.
Yeah,but how are they sealed, and who watches the caretakers?
Good questions.
He had experience but not as much with the Deep State. I think he learned a lot during his first term and then had time to craft a more strategic approach for his second term.
He'd had 3+ years experience with the deep state by 2020. I agree he's wiser now. But IMO he is a long way from atoning for being completely rolled by the deep state state in 2020. If more experience was required for Trump to get up to speed, then why did millions of us see exactly what was going on in 2020? It was obvious. The GBD came out in 2020, he ignored it, stuck with Fauci, Birx, Bourla, and Bancel. Scott Atlas has revealed how clear it was Fauci and Birx were wrong, at the time. A 4D chess grandmaster could not have been so easily fooled. Trump deserves credit for having a better team this time around. It would have been impossible to have assembled such a team for his first term. But it should have been easy for him to see through their lies. Millions of us did so effortlessly.
He still has not denounced the covid DeathVax.
The Grand Jury transcripts may never be released, or released a long time from now. We’ll see. As Jeff notes, anyone and everyone with a lawyer and named in those transcripts gets due process to be black sharpie concealed. Trump can point to any future ‘delay’ in releasing- that it is he who is first ensuring everyone gets due process. And this is ‘taking time’.
There WILL be delays. Significant ones. And I’m sure many will spin it as a sign of Trump’s purposeful doing. But I won’t believe that because it doesn’t matter who the president is, our judicial system is a woven mess right now. He has followed all laws so far, wisely knowing everything must be done in the confines of the law regardless if it hurts his agenda.
I’m pleased Trump has made the order to release the GJ transcripts. If/when they finally drop it’s my hope they lead to another Church Committee. We sorely need the deep state to be kneecapped.
But, I’m not at all confident these 2019 transcripts will weave their way in this direction.
Because, GJ transcripts will only be what the government prosecutors wanted to bring forth to convict at that time. And we already saw in ‘08 that Acosta was told to ‘go easy’ on Epstein because he was intel or intel adjacent. That signals to me that no intel smoking gun is in these ‘19 GJ transcripts.
Overall a savvy move by Trump to keep the masses at bay. But likely not going to be a deep state torpedo.
Just occurred to me that hiring a lawyer to block the release of the GJ transcripts is pointing a laser right at a guilty party. Will all the lawyers be representing “Joe Doe” to hide the names?
MaryAnn - I asked the same question before reading your question. Seems they'll find a way to keep their identities hidden.
Will we, the people, know who it is that is getting a lawyer to have themselves black sharpied out? That info would surely tell us some things!!
JuJu, you may want to watch the Tucker Carlson replay from last night. 3 hours of what JE was into and he really was a sick twist. You can't believe all his alliances from both sides of the aisle and the CIA and Mossad. He stunk to high heaven and I really hope he is dead. He was nothing but the devil's boy toy.
Yes same!
Why do we think the grand jury files wouldn't be tampered with? The Democrats are not dumb. I would be surprised if they didn't mess with those as well. Actually, I'll be shocked. I'm laughing daily with my friends as we say everything they have against us is all compromised, fake, etc. but everything we have against them, well, it's pure! Untouched! Authentic! So it ends up ALL being a he-said she-said. we all lose bc neither side believes the other. Each believes they are being set up. How cam we possibly know the truth anymore? How?
My big question is WHO does the redacting in the grand jury files?
Yes! This is so helpful and makes such sense. I always said there would be no way an operation such as Epstein’s would leave behind a client list. Knowing how a grand jury operates this all makes perfect sense. Of course the obtuse media will never connect it.
I wonder now if Glenn Beck and Tucker’s urging to produce a list and fire Bondi was more political theater. Two can play this game.
Yes it’s hard to say what’s going on behind the scenes. And I know people have been angry about the lack of transparency, but to me, that’s like asking a poker player to show everyone all of his cards while the game is still being played. And the people he’s playing against are ruthless and ready to exploit any weaknesses they might see.
Running - Right on - you state the logical perspective of all things Politics. It is an ongoing poker game of power...and we aren't sitting at the table.
Exactly!
Good analogy
And the Judge can refuse to unseal them.
Good morning all my Coffee and Covid compatriots!
Good morning!! 😁
早上好 (zǎo shàng hǎo)
Ok. First time ever to read "spooge" in a news story.
It's an awesome word though 🤣
It is an absorbing word, isn't it?
🤣🤣🤣 One might even say it's a tacky word 🫠
That's pretty good
Ay yai yai.
exactly
I don't think Mr. Childers is wrong, FWIW.
I don't either. Just commenting on Jeff S reply. Ay yai yai indeed.
It’s from the book, Holes, right?
He missed out the letter L, just to save us from going ew!
Isn't to splooge the verb form, and spooge the noun form? Or am I missing something?
I only know the verb and noun conjoined as the aftermath of a vigorous handshake, the fountain of joy, etc etc.
Yes, I noted that too, with more than a little bemusement...
LOL....it brought to mind several other, similar, words. Like being completely unable to turn one's head from accident carnage as one drives by!
Jenna McCarthy, James Howard Kunstler & Naomi Wolf all have interesting takes today as well on the Epstein thing
Thanks Cindi! Here's mine ;)
https://jennasside.rocks/p/maybe-the-last-thing-ill-say-about
Sneak peek:
By calling it a “hoax” and treating it like lukewarm Jell-O salad at a church potluck, suddenly it’s the story. It’s Watergate meets the Murdaugh Murders swaddled in Tiger King wrapping paper. Throw in the former First Buddy—once head of Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency—poking around and lobbing accusations like he just unearthed Trump’s old burner phone in Epstein’s jet, and the scandal-meter really starts to hum.
But… what if—just hear me out—Elon is in on it? I know. It looks like he’s on a manic, AI-powered crusade to destroy Trump over the Epstein files (or anything else that’ll stick). He’s posted about it more than 35 times this week alone, used Grok to stir the pot, and accused Trump of orchestrating a cover-up. “Wow, amazing that Epstein ‘killed himself’ and Ghislaine is in federal prison for a hoax,” he wrote. You can hear CNN producers high-fiving over the espresso machine and clearing the prime-time schedule.
Yes, Everything Trump says has a ripple effect. I just wait and watch. Then laugh. I agree about Elon. Love your humorous takes. 😄Just learned about your substack here a few weeks ago.
Her past stacks are well worth the time to peruse, as are ALL of the books she has published. True sunshine and humor to any bleak day.
Welcome to the dark(ly humorous) side, Susan! Thanks for reading. :)
Jenna is fantastic w/ humor that brightens every day!
My fave line was “like boomers at an estate sale with a coupon and a head start”. Excellent read!
It’s almost like I can relate🤣💕
🤣
Read it, liked it, and I never did buy the Elon/Trump breakup. But Jeff’s analysis of the Grand Jury documents makes sense to me for anyone in Bondi’s position should know what that entails.
I think it's absolutely true - the whole "fallout" between Trump and Musk reeks of cheap pro wrestling kayfabe, but you know what George Carlin said about "how dumb the average person is...and that half the population is even dumber than THAT"...
We should consider this; the head of the department of education is the wife of, and most likely the brains behind, the owner of the WWE, World Wrestling Entertainment
I keep keep thinking back to something Dan Bongino said before this “thing” started to heat up - words to the effect of “just because you can’t see what is going on doesn’t mean we aren’t working on it. Be sure that we are.” (Not a word for word quote but words to that effect.) That gives me some hope for strategy beyond what is presented for deep-staters and low-information voters.
Facts 🤣
Thanks Jenna , great write up as always 🌞👏🏻
Anytime, gal pal ☺️
Yeah, Elon is just out there stirring up sh!t and grinning like a 12-year-old
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Jenna, I have wondered about Musk’s role in this since the beginning. It will be interesting to see how this plays out.
I only WISH I could be this fore-thinking!!!!
Jenna, you had me at jell-o.
Yup.. I don't see any way Elon is not in on this. Anyone who takes this entire Epstein cluster you know what at face value is naive indeed.
and yet he thinks the WSJ letter is fake...
So.
JENNA’S SIDE was marvelous! FUNNY, as always.
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Here’s mine as well! Trump isn’t playing this well and the Democrats are going to come to vote to midterms. Even some other MAGA are upset: https://unorthodoxy.substack.com/p/trump-and-the-gop-just-committed
Hope springs eternal for the ‘Trump’s done this time for sure’ crowd.
Idon’t understand why he wants to use the SDNY grand jury. Couldn’t he use the Grand jury testimony from FL? That info is less likely yo be compromised. He could also release the depositions or testimony from Epstein’s female facilitators because they already have full immunity. I’ve read that the FL indictment was 53 pages long.
And as for the fake letter, that letter was probably written by a woman. It’s overly complicated, in 3rd person and it’s even written like a screenplay. Whoever created that totally overdid it. It’s like a scene in a teenage novel! lol
Susan Crabtree is also just reporting that the man who helped release the letter to the WSJ previously worked for a group called “Main Justice” and that has links too.. Fusion GPS!!! Main justice was Glenn Simpson’s wife publication. Simpson founded Fusion GPS, which was paid by Hillary through Perkin Coie to create the Steele dossier. It’s incredible really.
And Glenn Simpson used to work for the Wall Street Journal before starting Fusion GPS.
The plot thickens!
I’m not so sure the files from that grand jury testimony are uncorrupt. If they can get away with the steele dossier, they can do anything, including getting at sealed court documents.
Especially coming from the SDNY. That’s where they created the fake 34 charges, they handled the Weiner case, etc…
And what exactly are the mechanics of keeping these so called ‘sealed’ documents safe?
Maybe they can get BOTH FL and NY for comparison. That would be eye opening.
Exactly: "written by a woman", like the Moscow scene in the Steele Dossier; Nellie Ohr?
Why is it always Groundhog Day when we discover these CIA ops?
Great observation, Charlotte. Author a woman. I concur.
You got me thinking...
DID he specifically say which grand jury?
OR have we all just been assuming?
Could they ask the judge in FL to release THOSE files as well?
I’m really not sure 🤔
This is the best article I've read regarding the Epstein mess. It makes a ton of sense. We know there are Epstein "files", but I don't believe there has ever been a "list", and you lay out the reasons why. I've suspected Democrats arranged for evidence to disappear, but I didn't think about them padding it or manipulating it to set a trap for Trump. It would take months, if not years, to properly vet the evidence. Releasing the grand jury files would be perfect.
I hope this gets restacked by every subscriber.
Go watch the Tucker interview about Epstein, 3 hours long of his insidious partnerships and his sick art on the walls of his mansion. If JE is not dead, he should be.
I'll think about it. I have Tucker on time out. I'm completely ambivalent about Ted Cruz, but in that interview Tucker showed a side I didn't like. At all. I haven't been able to watch him since. But I appreciate the suggestion.
Tucker fights for America, while Cruz literally stated his highest priority as a TX senator is a middle eastern country formed in 1948.
What the hell?
I'm not picking sides. Like I said, I'm ambivalent about Cruz. It was Tucker's behavior that got under my skin. Not saying he's right or wrong. I just thought it was a bad look. For me, it undermined his credibility.
I watched it too and saw what you did as well - BUT - I also had the exact same feelings about Cruz. At times he was insufferable and using evasiveness or misdirection and I couldn’t figure out why. They were both a bit out of line during that interview. I didn’t let it sway me to feel significantly different about Tucker though. He’s a true Journalist, willing to interview anybody and asks a lot of questions. Ultimately I don’t feel like Tucker is massaging or manipulating my perspective. He just gets it all laid out there for us to chew on.
I like Tucker too. But there isn't a media personality out there who isn't "massaging or manipulating" our perspective. I've developed a keen sense of this over the years, and I notice a little twinge every once in a while with Tucker, too. "Right there - he was trying to manipulate me!"
Of course, that sense is going off so often when I listen to CNN or NPR or read NYT, it almost goes numb...
Tucker's interview of the Iranian leader recently ;can't remember the name) was full BS. He didn't ask any hard questions, the guy said "have you ever heard of an Iranian killing an American?" And Tucker just smiled as if that were a great point. Instead of pointing out the many, MANY times Iranian backed terrorists have killed, kidnapped, bombed Americans. It was sick.
Then best not to watch it. It was foul to listen to all the evil epstein was into anyway.
Even Dan Bongino was saying in 2023 that Epstein was a likely asset... and it was told to him that any real Epstein blackmail material operation was operated by HIS handlers, and the material was in the possession of those running him, rather than Epstein himself.
Dan said he heard this from someone at Fox (in a green room chat he had with them, if I remember correctly since yesterday, yes my memory can be that blurry at times):
rumble.com/v6wam1o-badlands-daily-july-17-2025.html
min marker 52:50 for lead-in, 55:50 for what Bongino was saying about Epstein in 2023.
I'm starting to think the whole bunch of them used mutually assured destruction blackmail on each other, including ON Epstein himself, just so they could feel comfortable working with each other. Kind of like gang initiation crimes to join the gang... Some just carried it further in the truly hideous direction (IMO), others ran for the hills to get away, with people in the whole spectrum in between.
I even allow for the possibility of undercover people working to infiltrate the network for the purpose of taking them down.
That’s interesting. I place a lot of credibility in Dan. Letting handlers act as a buffer makes sense, but what a twisted web that would be. Money and power it’s pretty formidable, though.
Or maybe, he was never an intelligence "asset" OR a blackmailer, as Mike Benz says, and he was a liason (granted one with degrading personal predelictions, I would say) or cooperating contact/facilitator finance guy (makes me think of "The Accountant" but creepy rather than on the spectrum) who ran in criminal, corrupt, dark ops circles - "birds of a feather flock together" style. Mike talks about money laundering and arms smuggling, and business deals with young girls as swag, in essence.
He never delves into the occult stuff, from what I saw, or that girls who were swag may have been coerced.
I think your theory of the altered files/honeypot/trap makes a lot of sense, Jeff. It would be exactly like them to do this kind of thing.
If only we could have examined the envelope the bday card arrived in. Perhaps it had some Panhandle sand and seashells in it. Glad Bondi fired Maureen Comey.
I would have to wear latex gloves before touching it regardless who penned it. Ew
I could just see them grinning and wringing their hands waiting for Trump to open the Pandora’s box and all their lies come spilling forth to “incriminate” Trump like any malicious trap would do. It’s makes Trump’s responses seem even more reasonable.
G Beck was surmising things somewhat the same, with hopeful inflection
And it fits with the whole Ghislaine wants to testify to Congress narrative, too, maybe.
It'll be better when the Supreme Court denies her appeal, just like the Appeals Court has done.
It keeps the unsealing from contributing to any arguments her lawyers may want to make in their favor, maybe.
So you think that the file Might have been tampered with while sitting in the SDNY office under Maureen Comey, James Comeys daughter, who worked on JE & GM case (and PD) who was just fired by the DOJ? Say it isn't so!
Right. It's toast.
Does reading about the Epstein stuff make anyone else feel like you need to go take a hot shower and scrub your eyeballs? And we haven’t even seen ANY of the real dirt, and don’t want to!
The whole salacious mess is so entirely evil and nasty. You can almost understand why one would want to ignore it, sweep it under the rug, or just forget about it. Because I do…in my Polyanna mind, I wish it had never existed. Sadly, it did and the tragedy of it continues especially for those who are forced to dig into the filth and degradation of it. God be with them.
Or sprinkle some holy water somewhere… it’s disgusting and evil incarnate. A good example of how to sell your soul to the devil…
2nd best to washing your eyes out with soap? Sitting in a recliner with a cat on my lap and another on the arm of the chair (since the one is hogging my lap), and my faithful dog lying on my left on the floor. Oh yea, drinking coffee and reading C&C comments too!
Alas it’s 9am and I better get moving 😂
The fact that only JE is dead gives me the creeps. The other perps in his hell on earth still walk among us, hiding in plain sight. 😵💫
Subpoena Bill Gates, who was there more than anyone else, have him testify.
https://x.com/JDunlap1974/status/1942106469748359233
CBS interview: "Melinda Gates divorced Bill Gates because he just wouldn’t stop going to visit Jeffrey Epstein."
I never thought she did that because of Epstein connection, but to protect their $$$ from what might happen to Bill because of this. They are both evil people. Love of money
Agreed. The Gates' divorce was a way to protect their cash, and her statements to the news dissing Bill could have been her trying to sell their scam.
He wasn't visiting Epstein. He was visiting Little Bo Peep.
Bill: "He's dead now . . ."
CYA interview!
and Bill Clinton. He rode the Lolita Express 26 times.
I wouldn’t trust Bill Gates regardless of what he says!
I'll see your Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai, and raise you an Epstein File! This stuff is great. Intrigue TV. It's a Dope Opera. Every episode should begin, “Like sands through the hourglass, so are the Days of Our Lives.” It's better than, "As the World Turns." Hahaha.
In college, we used to call it, “Lays of Our Wives”.
Nothing like College humor! That's a good one!
Now, I would definitely watch that one!
"Thinner than Shell Station toilet paper."
Oh golly, I so appreciate your intellectual discourse wrapped in humor, Jeff.
There's never any toilet paper in a gas station.
Apparently you need to stop by a Buc-ee's. ;)
Right?? Even most of the truck stops (Flying J and the like) are usually pretty decent, as well as gas stations like Sheetz.
But Buc-ees is in a league of its own! 😁
His similes are the best!! 😁
—“People? The Village People? Psychics?”
The Village People would seem quite appropriate though given Trump’s love of “YMCA” 😆
I like the YWCA.
As long as you’re not in the changing rooms 😆
"Not I," said The Duck.