The Epstein Files: Trump Desperately Tries to Put the Genie Back in the Bottle

Have you ever seen Russian nesting dolls?

They're colorful and they symbolize fertility, family, and the continuation of life. Each layer tells a story.

Our Russian-loving president has come up with his own set of nesting dolls, with each layer more corrupt than the last. 

In his most recent attempt to cover up his involvement in the Epstein scandal, Trump added another layer to his criminal nesting dolls by covering up his original coverup with a new one.

For context, the justice department and the FBI concluded in a memo in July that no secret list of Epstein existed and no further charges were expected. Done and done. Right?

No. The memo contradicted previous claims made by Trump and US attorney general, Pam Bondi.

Jamie Raskin, a House judiciary committee and congressman from Maryland, demanded to know why the Trump regime "inexplicably killed" the criminal investigation into Epstein.

In a letter to Pam Bondi, Raskin asked: "Why would the Trump Administration, the Department of Justice and the FBI kill an ongoing criminal investigation into a massive and decades long sex trafficking ring that preyed on girls and women. Who exactly are you intending to protect by this action?"

Then the heat turned up. The House Oversight Committee released new Epstein email correspondences four days ago from the Jeffrey Epstein Estate, striking a blow against Trump's cover-up. 

Epstein explicitly said, "Donald Trump knew about the girls," and "Trump spent hours at my house with a victim of sex trafficking," referring to Trump as "the dog that hasn't barked." 

Every time Trump tries to put the genie back in the bottle it backfires and more damning evidence surfaces. 

As I'm sure you've probably heard the phrase "doing the same thing and expecting different results" and how it applies to Trump. He's piled one cover-up after another under layers of lies that are rapidly being exposed.

So, what did Trump do next?  

He demanded Pam Bondi investigate Epstein's ties to his foes, including former President Bill Clinton. 

He made the demand on his personal hating website Truth Social (inappropriately named). 

That means the Epstein investigation is suddenly open again but with a different goal - going after Trump's perceived enemies. Not justice for the victims. This is just his latest move trying to distract from his own involvement with his old buddy Epstein.

And Bondi's acquiescence is the latest example of the erosion of the Justice Department's traditional independence from the White House since Trump took office a second time.

As it Stands, it's ironic that every effort Trump makes to hide his sordid past with the infamous sex trafficker, it blows up and no one believes him which leads to further investigations.

JD Vance Believes America Should Have an Aristocracy

I'd like to introduce you to a super-secret group that thinks America needs an Aristocracy in order to thrive. 

It's called The Rockbridge Network and they're busy building a lasting political infrastructure for the "New Right" and the MAGA movement, according to a recent article in The Washington Post.

The group is functioning as an alternative Republican ecosystem of think tanks and donor groups. 

You might be interested in who started this "New Right" movement. The Rockbridge Network was co-founded in 2019 by JD Vance and conservative activist Chris Buskirk.

That's right. The current vice-president of the United States JD Vance is in the vanguard for a movement to establish an Aristocracy in America. The Rockbridge Network is well on its way to having complete control of every government agency and the presidency. Trump is their poster child and a useful idiot.

With significant funding from tech leaders, Rockbridge Network aims to equip MAGA to outlive Trump. It's gearing up to deploy its arsenal in the 2026 midterms and the 2028 presidential contest, in which many Rockbridge Network members hope Vance will be the nominee.

I have to admit I've seen Vance as Trump's sidekick like Tattoo in Fantasy Island. 

His outward appearance, with his chubby face and makeup-lined eyes, made me underestimate the weasel. I just thought he was a fool. I was half right... he's a dangerous fool.

Vance's partner, Chris Buskirk, has been focusing on "get-out-the-voter" operations, data analysis, and media production, including documentaries. The backbone of the Rockridge Network is Tech billionaires led by Peter Thiel, who recruited other billionaires like Elon Musk to donate towards the 2024 election.

You can't go online and find a public website on the group. It operates through a collection of eight different funding vehicles, including dark-money 501(c)(4) organizations and Super PACS, which allows for limited donor disclosure requirements.

The aristocracy-loving members commit to spending at least $100,000 a year on recommended programs, with principal partners donating up to $1 million. How effective have they been so far?

The Rockbridge Network has raised over $100 million for its projects since 2019. Musk was especially helpful when he pumped $249 million into all of the swing states.

Reporting from The Washington Post has highlighted the group's controversial theory that an "aristocracy" (productive elite) is the best path forward for the country.

It seems ironic that millions of Americans have been turning out to protest Trump who they say has been acting like a King, when in fact, he is. His royal court, spearheaded by Vance, has been running things since Trump ascended to power a second time. 

As it Stands, King Trump is busy building monuments for the "New Right" while telling Americans to "eat cake" because no bread is available.

Holiday Haze: What Are People Saying These Days?

It's going to be a real challenge celebrating the holidays this season.

As Thanksgiving approaches many Americans are struggling financially and are in food lines. 

The likelihood that they'll enjoy a big turkey dinner is slim. Naturally that makes it hard for people to be in the holiday spirit. Hunger will do that. Food insecurity is a nationwide challenge this season. 

But don't tell that to Trump. He's busy trying to con people with claims that Walmart is serving Thanksgiving meals that cost less than they did a year ago. Like that's some sort of economic hallmark. The fact is those meals have 50% less items in them this season.

Out of sheer meanness (there's no other explanation) Trump has punished Americans by taking away programs like SNAP and going to the Supreme Court to seek relief against paying the money to refund the biggest food assistance program in the country.

Americans aren't preparing to give Christmas presents this season, their more concerned with making the rent or mortgage, and the cost of food. Thanks to Trump's tariffs the cost of gifts is skyrocketing with no end in sight. 

I'm expecting to see people protesting the economy not singing carols in quiet Hallmark-like neighborhoods.

It's difficult to be in the holiday spirit as Trump's goons roam neighborhoods in cities across the land, illegally kidnapping brown people without warrants and sending them to concentration camps that are rapidly multiplying in America.

Immigrant families are staying indoors for fear of being disappeared by masked men and women bearing semi-automatic rifles. 

In this time of year when many religions are celebrating holy holidays churches can't even provide sanctuary from government Gestapo agents violating all societal norms.

Families won't be talking about Santa Claus visiting The White House. They know the jolly old elf was probably deported back to the Ice Pole by evil elf Stephen Miller. 

The Grinch is firmly entrenched in the Oval Office and the only thing he cares about is making the Epstein files scandal disappear. He's hoping for a Christmas miracle.

As it Stands, Americans are also hoping for a miracle. That Trump disappears and that his Maga minions are brought to justice.

Epstein File Discharge Petition Vote Set for Today and then...

Here's what's supposed to happen today when Maga Mike reopens the House of Representatives.

First thing.

Rep-elect Adelita Grijalva will finally get sworn in to the House after waiting for nearly two months since she was elected and certified by the State of Arizona.

Second thing.

Grijalva will sign the discharge petition that will start the process to bring the Epstein files measure to a vote in the House.

Third thing.

If the bill passes it still has to pass in the Senate and be signed into law by Trump who would rather eat glass and read the LGBTQ novel "We Are Everywhere," from start to finish.

Since being re-elected Trump has gone to extraordinary lengths to hide the Epstein files. The list is too long to cite in this post but the craziest thing he's done yet is to shut down the country so lapdog Johnson could avoid bringing up a vote on releasing the Epstein files.

That little gambit cost the economy roughly $55 billion in lost output according to the Congressional Budget Office which also pointed out that every additional week would cost $7 billion, or 0.1% of the GDP.

Meanwhile, Trump stays up all night tweeting in caps about crazy conspiracies and sleeping in the day during Oval Office visits. Epstein is never far from his lizard brain. Nor is Ghislaine Maxwell.

Epstein's partner in crime Maxwell is sitting in the cat bird's seat (in this case a minimum-security camp) because Trump had his lackey lawyer Todd Blanche transfer her out of a maximum-security prison because...

A. It was for her safety for being a snitch (about what?).

B. Blanche discovered she has shit on Trump that would really ruin his day, and she needed to be temporarily pacified while he worked on freeing her.

C. She was such an exemplary prisoner that the warden thought she should go to a less restrictive lockup.

I'm going with B, how about you?

I try to imagine what Trump is hiding that is so devasting that he's ready to bankrupt the economy, ruin Epstein victims' lives with lies, and threaten his own cronies to help with the coverup. What did he do? Are there photos? Is he a pedophile?

Rep. Jamie Raskin accused Trump and his regime of allowing "a corrupt misuse of law-enforcement resources" and demanded that Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche testify before the Judiciary Committee immediately to "answer for this corrupt misuse of law enforcement resources and potential exchange of favors for false testimony exonerating you and other Epstein accomplices." 

As it Stands, the one thing that's for sure is the Epstein files are going to haunt Trump like the ghost of past Christmases during the holidays ahead.

Late Night Senate Sellout - 7 Dems and 1 Independent Side with Republicans

After 40 days of firm resistance against the Republicans demands to open the government without extending healthcare benefits, Senate Minority leader Chuck Schumer talked seven Democratic members and one Independent to throw the party under the bus.

The traitors voted with Republicans on Sunday to secure the 60 votes needed to pass the deal, which failed to address the key Democratic demand of extending the enhanced Affordable Care Act tax credits expiring on January 1.

The legislation does extend government funding through January 30, 2026, and includes provisions to halt mass firings of federal workers by the Trump regime, reverse terminations that occurred during the shutdown, and guarantee back pay.

What really smells about Schumer's gambit is he talked seven retiring Dems and one Independent into taking the heat for crossing party lines while he still voted no on the bill.

That cowardly act caused a majority of Dems to question his leadership.

He thinks the move will shield his leadership, but he appears to have miscalculated.

The only thing Schumer did was show what a lying hypocrite he really is. Just before the vote he attacked Senator Durbin for - wait for it - abandoning the party's negotiating position and surrendering the party's leverage by going along with the Republicans. Talk about disgusting.

California Governor Gavin Newsome joined a list of other angry Democrats chiding Schumer. "Tonight's Senate vote on the federal government shutdown should have been a time for strength. Instead, we saw capitulation and a betrayal of working-class Americans." 

What's particularly galling is Schumer knows that Trump and his minions have no intention of extending healthcare benefits despite promising to bring it up in the second week of December. Why not agree to do it right away as soon as the government is open? The answer is obvious.

Apparently, Schumer didn't get the message when a blue wave washed across the country during special elections in 39 states recently. But the message was clear. Save healthcare benefits. Millions of Americans, some for the first time, voted to save the healthcare system.

And what did Schumer do? He sold those voters out. He blinked instead of staring down the Senate Republicans and forcing them to do the right thing. Now 20 million Americans are facing health insurance premiums three to four times more than what they currently pay.

The shutdown may end next week when the House passes the Senate version, but Americas problems won't end there. Trump will celebrate his victory by heaping more indignities upon the Constitution and people he doesn't like. 

After Schumer's betrayal the Dems need to change leadership and to double down on what will surely be a weakness for the GOP - affordable healthcare - in next year's midterms.

The longest shutdown in U.S. history that centered on a dispute over extending enhanced health care policy, has most Americans blaming the Republicans for the damage done to the country in the last 40 days.

As it Stands, the fight for affordable healthcare doesn't end here, however. It's going to be the number one reason the Republicans suffer major losses next November.

Trump is 'Culling the Herd' to Make Amerika an Autocratic Paradise

Farmers and ranchers often remove animals that are sick, have poor production, are genetically inferior, or are no longer reproductive from their herds. It's called "culling the herd."

Since Trump slithered into The White House for a second time, he's been busy thinning out the population of people who he perceives to be his enemies. 

His regime is going after immigrants, who do the dirty work white Americans don't want to, like they're weeds that need plucked from our society's gardens and disappeared into concentration camps.

In Trump's ongoing efforts to turn the United States of America into a dystopian state ruled by a dictator for life, there's nothing he won't do to achieve his ends. That includes starving poor and middle-class Americans and ending their current healthcare benefits to show he means business.

The main target of Trump's "culling the herd" approach to taking over the country are Democrats, Independents, and liberals. Like a rancher from hell, Trump wants to separate selective members of a group - in this case anyone who opposes him nationwide.

Masterminding the purge of Trump's enemies is a Nazi-worshipping creep named Stephan Miller who is his top advisor. He makes Darth Vadar look like Willie Wonka. Inspired by Hitler, Miller's mission is the total elimination and deportation of brown and black people in order to make the country "pure" again.

In Trump's twisted fantasies he sees himself as the fictional character Ben Cartwright in the TV show Bonanza and America as his personal Ponderosa. 

He envisions himself in a western-themed golf cart surveying his herds of lunatic lackeys loitering around and waiting for his orders.

When Trump looks at the red states, he sees fellow Maga ranchers culling out the herds of Democrats, Independents, and liberals by ignoring the laws of the land. The Maga ranchers follow Trump/Miller's lead in disappearing people of color.

The land of the free is facing challenges that our forefather's couldn't have imagined in their worst nightmares. The once beautiful landscape of liberty is rapidly turning into a desert for Democracy.

As it Stands, treating Americans like cattle is Trump's promised autocratic paradise to his puppets.