Three Cheers for Attorney General Pam Bondi

 The American Spectator | USA News and Politics  

"The hard fact is that Democrats hate Trump, and because Bondi is not only a Trump appointee but a rising GOP star, she is therefore a target for all manner of slurs."

"She hit it out of the park.

"This week, Attorney General Pam Bondi went toe-to-toe with House Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee. The subject was yet another round in the endless tale of the late pedophile/financier Jeffrey Epstein, with a zillion files now having been released.

"It was crystal clear from the get-go that Democrats were out to get Bondi. And at bottom, there was no question why: Bondi is not just any attorney general. She is President Donald Trump’s attorney general. And for a Committee stacked with Democrats infected with Trump Derangement Syndrome, this hearing was already set to have its explosive moments.

"It did not disappoint.

"Bondi, the decidedly experienced former attorney general of Florida, was ready for her antagonists. And on a personal note, I should say that in the way-back, at a dinner with several others, I had the opportunity to be at the table with her. Safe to say, she is a seriously talented and capable public servant who is more than capable of holding her own.

"The Democrats, led by retiring Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY) and House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jamie Raskin (D-MD), wasted no time in not only going after the attorney general but attacking Trump as well. And safe to say Bondi wasted no time in dishing right back to her opponents, giving as good as she got if not better.

"Falling back on the old line about their time being taken up as they hurled verbal assaults at her, Bondi dished right back at them as Raskin went on about what he had previously told her. Replied Bondi: "You don’t tell me anything,” and went on to mock Raskin as a 'washed-up, loser lawyer'. "And directing her wrath at Nadler, she added:

You said the president conspired, sought foreign interference in the 2016 election. Robert Mueller found no evidence, none, of foreign interference in 2016. Have you apologized to President Trump?

You all should be apologizing. You sit here and you attack the president, and I am not going to have it. I’m not going to put up with it.

None of them asked [former Attorney General] Merrick Garland, over the last four years, one word about Jeffrey Epstein. How ironic is that? You know why? Because Donald Trump.

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'They yell, cry to distract': Fitzgerald plays old Obama clips to blast Dems on illegal immigration-

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" 'They yell, they cry to distract.' That’s what Fitzgerald said as he dropped old Democratic videos during the explosive hearing with Attorney General Pam Bondi. The videos show Democrats calling to stop illegal immigration, while Fitzgerald revealed that 90 members’ phone records were obtained, adding another layer of scrutiny. He also highlighted the Arctic Frost operation, which Bondi repeatedly refused to discuss, escalating tensions in the hearing."

As Democrats Keep Dropping Like Flies From Epstein Ties, They Keep Calling Trump a 'Pedophile'

 HotAir  

"Hi Wall Street Journal, here’s a better headline for you: Obama’s close friend and former White House counsel Kathryn Ruemmler is OUT at Goldman Sachs after her deep connection to Jeffrey Epstein was exposed by documents released by the Trump administration."

Obama's top lawyer Kathy Ruemmler was also Epstein's lawyer and had a long affair with his personal lawyer. She defended Epstein ....

"[Managing Editor Ed Morrissey] just wrote about the ignominious fall of Kathryn Ruemmler, Obama's White House Counsel and choice for Attorney General of the United States, a job she declined in 2014. 

"Ruemmler wasn't just close to Epstein; she was a close advisor to him both when she was in the White House, continuing the relationship up to his death. She gave him legal and PR advice, and invited him to meetings with former government officials such as...John Brennan (Hmmm...), and as Ed pointed out, she called him "uncle" when he gave her expensive gifts. " . . .

"Ed describes some of the connections between Ruemmler and Epstein, although there is vastly more out there; she wasn't just "connected" to Epstein. Her relationship was, if anything, closer to Epstein than Larry Summers', although, admittedly, she probably didn't take advice from him on how to bed conquests. 

"Instead, she consulted with him on whether to take the job of Attorney General of the United States, and did damage control for him because they were so close." . . .

 Top Goldman Sachs lawyer Kathy Ruemmler to resign after 'xoxo' emails with Epstein surface

Media Democrats deceptively report on plummeting murder rates so they don’t have to credit Trump

 Jack Hellner; American Thinker  

"Not ripping into the police and working to defund them all the time may help. Going after cartels, instead of enriching them with money from illegals and drugs might help. Focusing on criminals instead of DEI initiatives might help. Going after criminals instead of Catholics, parents at school board meetings, pro-life people, and Trump supporters might help."

"Most of the media is doing their best to avoid reporting on the dangerous illegals and other criminals that the Trump administration is taking off the streets. They never cared about the number of deaths at the border, how Biden’s policies were enriching cartels, how many gang members and terrorists came across the border, nor how many children were lost during the Biden years despite always claiming that they supported the law and that one death is too many.

"Now they are also making sure to rarely report that the number of murders and mass murders has plummeted in 2025 in Trump’s first years. But when they do report, like here from the Intelligencer, they claim they have no idea why that is happening:

Nobody really knows why the murder rate is plummeting

After a major spike in the murder rate that coincided with the beginning of the pandemic and lasted well into the 2020s, the last two years have seen a remarkable reversal, with killings and shootings dropping to levels not seen in decades, possibly over a century. The decline is evident in New York City, where 2025 saw the fewest shootings and shooting victims in the city’s recorded history. But the trend is happening across the country in cities big and small, including those that have struggled mightily with gun violence in recent years like Chicago (which in 2025 saw the lowest number of murders in 60 years).

"People posing as journalists at the NYT also have no thoughts as to why murders have declined: “What’s Behind the Staggering Drop in the Murder Rate? No One Knows for Sure.”

"Axios originally ran a headline saying the murder rate dropped “despite Trump” but after severe backlash, quietly retreated and edited it:. . . "

This post caused by an Argus Hamilton joke

"The German Army marched into Lithuania as part of NATO war games in the first German Army deployment since 1945, waking up old ghosts. The bad news is, a message in German sent 115 years ago by a homing pigeon was just found. The worse news is, it was an acceptance letter to art school." Argus Hamilton. Questions?

Hitler’s Rejection From Art School Led To His Rise To Power | by Reginald Ben-Halliday | Lessons from History  

 Here's Why Hitler Was Rejected From Art School   . . . "In fact, while Hitler had little to no concern for his human subjects, his paintings and sketches of buildings are exacting in their geometric precision, to the extent that at least one of the instructors at the art academy encouraged him to give up painting and become an architect instead; unfortunately, this would have required Hitler to return to high school and pass some of the math classes he had previously failed, which he had no interest in doing (via All That's Interesting)." More here...

The Truth: Why Did Hitler Fail Art School From The Painting Advice

. . .. . . "Here’s a look at the typical characteristics of his early art:

• Subject Matter: Primarily architectural studies, cityscapes of Vienna, and some landscapes. He favored detailed reproductions of existing buildings.
• Technique: Precise, almost photographic rendering. He paid close attention to architectural details, perspective, and shading.
• Composition: Generally static and conventional. There was little experimentation with dynamic arrangements or evocative use of space.
• Color Palette: Often muted and conventional, lacking the vibrant or expressive use of color that characterizes more impactful art.
• Emotional Resonance: His works were generally seen as lacking in emotional depth or a distinctive personal style. They were reproductions rather than interpretations.

. . . "The failure to gain admission to art school can be seen as a catalyst that pushed him away from a creative path and towards a destructive one. While it is a simplification to attribute his entire political career solely to this one event, it is undeniable that the denial of his artistic aspirations played a significant role in shaping his personal trajectory and, consequently, the fate of millions. 

"Here’s a timeline of key events related to Hitler’s artistic pursuits:" . . .  More content and depth here

FBI releases detailed description of Nancy Guthrie suspect and backpack he was carrying as reward for info is raised to $100,000: Live updates

 Daily Mail Online   

The FBI have released a detailed description of a suspect seen in surveillance video in Nancy Guthrie's kidnapping case. 

"The FBI says the suspect is a man between 5’9” and 5’10” with an average build, who was wearing a black 25‑liter ‘Ozark Trail Hiker Pack’ backpack in the video. The agency has increased its reward in the case from $50,000 to $100,000 as police field tips. 

A white forensics tent was spotted outside Nancy’s Arizona home early Thursday morning as the search for her whereabouts entered its 13th day/  

"Nancy Guthrie's neighbors have shown an outpouring of support since her disappearance from her home nearly two weeks ago.

Yellow bows have been seen tied to trees on the street of Nancy's home in the Catalina Foothills in solidarity for the Guthrie family.

Yellow ribbons have been used for to show hope and support for someone’s safe return in missing persons cases.

A makeshift memorial has also been set up outside Nancy’s home, where flowers, handwritten messages, posters and candles have been laid in tribute"

"Nancy Guthrie's eerie online posts unearthed after her abduction that reveals brush with criminals outside her home and why she bought doorbell camera   "Nancy Guthrie made posts on a neighborhood app that revealed she had previous run-ins with criminals outside her $1 million home and the reason she decided to buy a doorbell camera.

"The 84-year-old mother of Today Show host Savannah Guthrie was taken from her home in the upscale Catalina Foothills neighborhood of Tucson, Arizona in the early morning hours of February 1.

"She had lived in the home since 1975, raising her three children there, according to her profile on Nextdoor."

Cops push back on claim involving Savannah Guthrie’s brother-in-law as suspect

“You’re Too Thin to Work” – German Women POWs Shocked by What Cowboys Did to Them

  WW2 Diaries

"In this World War 2 story, we follow a forgotten chapter of WWII history: twelve German women POWs shipped across the Atlantic and sent to a dusty U.S. POW camp in Texas—only to be handed over to cowboys instead of cruel guards. At Camp Hearne, an American rancher looks at these starving German prisoners and quietly says: “You’re too thin to work.” What happens next turns into one of the most surprising human stories WWII ever produced. "This video is a cinematic WWII documentary–style retelling based on real reports, archives, and historical facts. You’ll see how German women POWs, trained as nurses, clerks, and radio operators, were brought into the heart of rural America, put on horseback, and treated with a level of respect that shocked even U.S. Army officers. Cowboys, American soldiers, and female POWs become unlikely partners in daily ranch life—checking fences, moving cattle, sharing Christmas dinner, and writing letters home about a kind of wartime humanity no one back in Germany believed. "If you’re interested in military history, ww2 tales, and true war stories that go beyond battles and weapons, this episode is for you. We dive into U.S. POW camps, German prisoners in America, and the quiet decisions of ordinary people that kept dignity alive in the middle of a global war. This is shocking history, but it is also a story of compassion, choice, and the strange ways enemies can start to look like family.

Our story takes us to Camp Hearne, Texas during WW2. The women's prison was at Gatesville, Coryell County.

Still awaiting news of Nancy Guthrie

Savannah Guthrie's colleagues get torn to shreds for 'gross' behavior amid Nancy's kidnapping   "In times of harrowing personal tragedy, it is most often our friends and colleagues we can turn to for support and solidarity. However, NBC "Today" show host, Savannah Guthrie, might find that there are snakes in the grass of her TV family. The revelation that her 84-year-old mother, Nancy Guthrie, was reportedly missing from her Tucson, Arizona home on February 1, 2026 put a terrifying twist on an already difficult year. As if to dig the knife in further, the release of a ransom note has raised further inquiry and speculation into the circumstances surrounding the believed kidnapping. However, given the personal nature of the story and Savannah's exit from "Today" while Nancy is missing, audiences were shocked by reports that fellow NBC employees wanted to consider the story for their "Dateline" program.

"One insider revealed that the idea is motivated by numbers, as " ... Dateline wants a hit, and everyone knows this could be the highest-rated episode they've ever had" (via Daily Mail)"...

FBI releases new suspect description and additional photos in Nancy Guthrie disappearance as reward is increased to $100k | Daily Mail Online

"Federal agents have revealed new information about the man who was caught on Nancy Guthrie's surveillance camera, as they increased the reward for any information about her whereabouts or the suspect to $100,000.

"The 84-year-old mother of Today Show host Savannah Guthrie was abducted from her home in the upscale Catalina Foothills neighborhood of Tucson, Arizona in the early morning hours of February 1.

"Chilling surveillance footage from that night showed a masked man wearing thick gloves as he tried to obscure a Nest doorbell camera on Nancy's front porch.

"Federal authorities now say the suspect is a male who is approximately five-foot-nine-inches to five-foot-ten-inches with an average build.

"He was seen wearing a black, 25-liter Ozark Trail Hiker Pack backpack at the time.

" 'We hope this updated description will concentrate the public tips we are receiving,' the FBI said in a statement, noting that it has already received more than 13,000 tips since the mother-of-three went missing. " . . .

"One Pima County Sheriff's source even told the Daily Mail: 'This is amateur hour.' "

Whatever the outcome of Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance, her fate is a lesson for all of us with elderly parents - Patricia McCarthy  . . . "For days, law enforcement’s interest in Savannah Guthrie’s sister and her husband has been obvious but downplayed by the 24/7 new coverage but not a single news pundit dares to suggest any members of the family are suspects.  

"Maybe they are not, maybe they are.  

"The investigators into Mrs. Guthrie’s disappearance clearly know more than is being revealed to the hungry-for-news media who are being ever so careful, afraid to reveal anything that might result in a lawsuit. 

"Then an article appears that claims the kidnapping of Nancy Guthrie is due to her son-in-law’s gambling debt to a Mexican casino.  

"Sound outrageous, doesn’t it? It may be. Time will tell.  

"How could a Guthrie family member be involved in a kidnaping plot for money?  Who knows?  One has to weep for Savannah Guthrie if in fact her sister’s husband is the root of their family’s nightmare.  

"Let us all hope that theory is debunked, that the snatching of Mrs. Guthrie is not a targeted crime but a random home invasion by a dumb criminal who thought the home was vacant and was surprised by Nancy Guthrie’s presence in the home." . . .  

Let us never forget the hell that descended on the family of Jon Benet Ramsey over her death.

FBI conducts extensive search near Nancy Guthrie’s house; authorities investigate new tip | KTLA

Are the Media Going to Stop Calling Trump a Dictator After Hearing This Story From Kaitlin Collins?

 Townhall

"During a Q & A session in the Oval Office, Collins and others brought up the Epstein files yet again, and the President body slammed Collins for it, calling her CNN's "worst reporter" and telling her, “CNN has no ratings because of people like you."

"The Left, of course, deemed this an attack on the free press, sexism, etc. It wasn't, of course. It was President Trump being President Trump. He made his name by calling the media the "enemy of the people," which remains one of the truest things he's ever said.

"Collins apparently capitalized on this moment, because she appeared on the "Absolutely Not" podcast hosted by Heather McMahan yesterday in an episode titled "Smiling with Kaitlin Collins."

"During the interview, Collins shared a very interesting story about White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt. Collins said that Leavitt defended her free speech rights after the Saudi Royal Guard "freaked out" over a question Collins asked and barred her from another event.

"Leavitt was having none of it." . . . Video

White Liberals Think Black Voters Are Too Stupid To Get Voter ID

 The Federalist 

 " ‘It’s infuriating. It’s like they think a whole demographic of our country can’t figure out how to get an ID,’ said Wisconsin’s Will Martin."

"Elite white liberals think black voters are helpless, incompetent, and stupid. They don’t think too highly of married women and rural Americans, either. Or poor people and Native Americans and the disabled for that matter. 

"That condescension was on full display again this week as all but one House Democrat voted against a bill that would require documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote and a photo ID at the polls. The measure passed on a party-line vote.

"Why would the “Party of the People” be so vehemently opposed to a proposal overwhelmingly supported by the people — black people, brown people, white people, male and female people, even people who identify as Democrats? 

" 'Because the SAVE America Act, as the bill is dubbed (and its antecedent, the SAVE Act) is a modern-day “Jim Crow” bill, according to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer.   

“While the specific policies may have changed since the days of the Jim Crow South, the goal of the SAVE Act is the same: disenfranchising American citizens and making it harder for eligible people to vote, particularly low income Americans and people of color,” the New York Democrat said this week on the Senate floor. Think about that. legislation requiring voter ID is tantamount to the “separate but equal,” segregated South, according to representatives from the party that brought America the Jim Crow era.

"Democrat allies like the group Reproductive Freedom For All, the abortion industry lobby formerly known as NARAL Pro-Choice America, echoed the party’s race-baiting talking points. " . . . More... 

Olympic Athletes Fail at Their One Job; We’ve failed to teach patriotism to the athletes representing us.

 The American Spectator | USA News and Politics

"Representing this country proudly is the only job American Olympic athletes have — and they’re failing at it."

Added by TD

. . . "In our modern world, the Olympics strike as something of an anomaly: This isn’t the kind of event where everyone gets participation awards and goes home mildly annoyed that competition amounts to nothing these days. This isn’t some kind of global “kumbaya” where we erase our differences.

"No, this is where men and women patriotically do their best to represent the rest of us well (and to prove that all that money we sank into their training was worth it). The Olympic field is one where skill and expertise are rewarded; where countries are celebrated and patriotism is praised while the whole world watches.

"This is good old-fashioned competition and good old-fashioned national pride — sights you don’t see on the global stage every day.

"Of course, that’s not the world most of these athletes grew up in. Sure, they’ve been competitive (they wouldn’t be in Milan otherwise), but they’ve also spent their entire lives being indoctrinated in an ideology that believes national pride is a vice we should have all outgrown. Need proof? Newsweek has a list of all the U.S. athletes who have used their five minutes of fame to lambast their president.

"For instance, Rich Ruohonen, a lawyer turned athlete, told journalists in Milan that he believes there are constitutional issues with the way the federal government is trying to enforce its immigration law in his home state of Minnesota.

"Hunter Hess expressed his “mixed emotions” when it comes to representing the U.S. at the Olympics: “There’s obviously a lot going on that I’m not the biggest fan of, and I think a lot of people aren’t,” he said during a press conference. “I think for me it’s more I’m representing my, like, friends and family back home, the people that represented before me. All the things that I believe are good about the U.S. I just think if it aligns with my moral values, I feel like I’m representing it.” 

"President Donald Trump responded by [sadly] calling Hess a “real Loser.”

"Then there’s Amber Glenn, a figure skater and self-identified pansexual, who decided to use her newfound platform to publicly criticize the treatment the LGBTQ “community” has experienced under the Trump administration." . . .  More...

Aubrey Harris is a graduate of Hillsdale College (2023), the former Intercollegiate Studies Institute fellow at The American Spectator and current columnist. She writes Spectator P.M. Newsletter for American Spectator subscribers where she rambles on current events, historical topics, and life in general. When she isn’t writing, Aubrey enjoys long runs, solving rock climbs, and rattling windows with the 32-foot pipes on the organ.

The Growing Liberal Backlash Against Newsom

 Ellie Gardey Holmes  

"For now, it seems that he is losing the progressives — in spite of his extremely progressive record."

Toon added by TD

"As Gavin Newsom works to project inevitability as the Democratic frontrunner, progressives are coalescing behind a single conclusion: He is not their man. (RELATED: Newsom Practically Demands to Be the Democratic Candidate)

"Progressive California journalist and political adviser Gil Durán published an op-ed with the Guardian Tuesday harshly titled “Gavin Newsom’s likely presidential bid is built on broken promises.” He makes the case that the California governor has repeatedly failed to deliver on his progressive commitments. (RELATED: Gavin Newsom’s ‘Self-Puffery’ Gets Him in Trouble With David Axelrod)

"Durán portrays the governor as a man entirely motivated by his own ambitions for power who has lost any regard for working-class Americans. Newsom, says Durán, “mistakes theatrics for leadership.” Durán believes Newsom has been “wishy-washy” on pursuing progressive priorities on a number of issues, including public healthcare, homelessness, the death penalty, COVID control measures, and reparations for descendants of slaves, and has aligned himself too closely with his Big Tech billionaire friends.

" Like Trump, Newsom breaks promises, serves billionaire interests, and mistakes social media theatrics for leadership. Is that really what American voters will want in 2028?” said Durán. “Having watched Newsom for two decades, I don’t see why anyone thinks he’s it. He’s not even ‘strong and wrong’ — just highly ambitious, strategically dishonest, and blatantly opportunistic.” (RELATED: Gavin Newsom, ‘King of Fraud’)

"Worryingly for Newsom, Durán is far from alone, as progressives have increasingly spoken out against him. Many progressives now argue that Democrats should rally behind a different candidate, someone who is concerned with their priorities, not self-aggrandizement or appeasing establishment donors and the billionaire class.

"In an interview with Current Affairs last month, California Rep. Ro Khanna came out swinging against the governor of his state, calling Newsom a “cookie-cutter Democrat” and a “Clintonite.” He warned that if someone like Gavin Newsom were chosen as the Democratic nominee in 2028, “[W]e basically are going to see an even more ferocious right-wing populism come back in 2030 or 2032.” Khanna argued that what Democrats instead need is “an FDR-like realignment” and someone who, like him, takes on AIPAC, defense contractors, the Epstein class, and billionaires.

"California state Sen. Caroline Menjivar recently complained, like Durán, that Newsom’s focus on his national ambitions is causing him to turn away from his past progressive priorities" . . .More...

Gavin Newsom Wants to Be an Emperor; Ellie Gardey Holmes

Ellie Gardey Holmes is Reporter and Associate Editor at The American Spectator. She is the author of . She is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame, where she studied political science, philosophy, and journalism. Ellie has previously written for the Daily Caller, College Fix, and Irish Rover. She is originally from Michigan.