After Lame 'Epstein Files' Release, AG Pam Bondi Demands 'Withheld' FBI Files By 8AM Friday

Democrats and MSNBC/CNN will be bubbly and cheerful.

ZeroHedge  "Well, that was a massive letdown - eh? Today's Epstein Files release, given to a select group of journalists and influencers, didn't contain any new names or details of note. It was a nothingburger with no pickles or fries. And considering that Epstein was likely a Mossad honeypot operation, what did you expect?". . .

. . ."According to the NY Post, however, it's a nothingburger (but stay tuned, as we'll drop whatever's good - if anything)...

A source who has reviewed the files said the release spans more than 100 pages, including a list of contacts without further context.

The person said the unveiling was likely to be a “disappointment” to sleuths eager for bombshell new evidence about the billionaire pedophile’s connection to prominent political and business leaders.

Former President Bill Clinton, Bill Gates, Prince Andrew and President Trump are among the high-profile people who associated with Epstein — though Trump reportedly banned Epstein from Mar-a-Lago in 2007 over an incident with a club member’s daughter.

A client list is not included in the initial release, which was compiled into binders describing the disclosure as “phase one” of the Epstein files, according to the source.

"Earlier in the day the DOJ passed out binder copies of the "Epstein Files: Phase 1" to various people." . . .

. . ."Here are the flight logs which have already been released."

Hey, At Least We Bombed Somebody

 Ann Coulter

"What is usually enraging about reckless policies that endanger innocent Americans is that the people who implement them remain comfortably insulated from their effects. No-bail laws, open borders, Obamacare, gun control, TSA, actually having to watch Nicolle Wallace — somehow the people responsible for these policies always have a work-around." 

Jeffrey Goldberg is an 'anti-Trump hater': Leavitt calls out Atlantic editor-in-chief

"The left needs this to be a crisis," and that's why no one other than anti-Trump people care about an apparent war plans group chat reportedly leaked to a reliably anti-Trump writer, Rob Finnerty said. "No one on the right cares — because nothing happened."

"For a totally different angle on the encrypted app story, I thought that instead of discussing how plans for bombing the Houthis was leaked, I’d discuss the bombing of the Houthis.

"Including any journalist in a top-secret discussion of war plans demonstrates shocking incompetence. But the fact that National Security Adviser Mike Waltz included The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg — though not technically a journalist — is a big middle finger to President Trump.

"Forget that Goldberg is responsible for the disgusting lie — featured nightly on MSNBC –that Trump called American soldiers who died in war “suckers” and “losers.” Both Waltz and Goldberg represent the dominant foreign policy establishment that Trump expressly ran against. Instead of “Make America Great Again,” they think the government’s job is to “Make the Middle East Great Again.”

"This train wreck will be a test to see: 1) if Trump has an ounce of self-respect and will fire a national security adviser who has an anti-Trump zealot on speed dial; and 2) whether Trump intends to betray voters on his clearly stated opposition to Forever Wars.

"Because right now, his foreign policy team is looking like John Bolton without the ridiculous Wilford Brimley mustache. Since Trump keeps hiring these people, it’s a good time to remind him that, in 2016, he won more primary votes than any Republican in U.S. history (as well as the election) by saying things like this about a war that had a million more justifications than his recent bombing of the Houthis:" . . .

Levin: 4 Ways to Stop Rogue, Activist Judges – Here’s ‘the Best’

 "The best thing to do is to point out some of the most rogue, reckless of the judges, like Boasberg, and abolish those positions,” Levin concluded." 

Rich Terrell

Craig Bannister   "The most promising way to get rid of the rogue, activist federal judges currently overstepping their authority to block President Donald Trump from performing his legitimate duties isn’t impeachment, constitutional scholar, conservative commentator and Author Mark Levin said Sunday.

"On the latest episode of “Life, Liberty and Levin,” Levin used the example of how outgoing President John Adams used the Judiciary Act of 1801 to quickly install 16 new judges he favored just before leaving office – and how incoming President Thomas Jefferson dealt with Adams’ ploy.

"In the elections of 1800, Adams’ Federalist Party lost the presidency, House and Senate, so Adams used the new Judiciary Act to create and fill judgeships, Levin explained:

“President John Adams signed the bill on February 13, 1801, just three weeks before the end of his term of office. He lost. He was a Federalist. The Federalists lost the House of Representatives. The Federalists lost the Senate. So, the Republicans, that is Jefferson’s party, took all of the elected branches. All of them.

“He also sent to the Federalist-controlled Senate, that is Adams, his own Senate, nominees for the 16 new judgeships. So, he’s lost the election, so the Federalists, his party, they create these 16 new federal judgeships. He wants to rush them through. He wants to get them populated as fast as he can. And they were confirmed shortly before the end of the Adams administration.

“Now, these judges came to be called “Adams’ Midnight Judges” – some of whom were the subject of the case called Marbury versus Madison. That’s the crucial case, Marbury versus Madison.”

"Immediately after entering the White House, Jefferson used the new Congress to abolish Adams’ 16 new judgeships, Levin explained:

“On March 8, 1802 - just days after Thomas Jefferson's followers, the Republicans, took control both houses of Congress - Congress repealed the Judiciary Act of 1801 On April 29, 1802, Congress enacted the Judiciary Act of 1802 which among other things, abolished the 16 new judgeships created by Adams and the Federalists.”

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Dem Senator Gets Tripped Up When Asked Why There Were No Firings After Biden's Afghan Exit

 Matt Vespa

  "This Signal story has two aims: Remove Pete Hegseth, which Democrats failed to do during the confirmation process, and to prevent Trump officials from using Signal since the deep state can’t spy on their communications." 

"Democrats have been waiting for this moment for a while. They were powerless in the budget fight, and if Republicans can get this reconciliation package through and remain united, they’re going to get bulldozed again. The Trump tax cuts will be extended, the border wall fully funded, and other top domestic items that make liberals seethe uncontrollably. But this self-inflicted kerfuffle over a Signal chat between top Trump officials and The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg has paved the way for them to call for firings, though that’s never going to happen. 

"It was a massive screw-up: National Security Adviser Michael Waltz added Goldberg to this chat on Signal, a government-approved encrypted messenger app, where anti-Houthi operations were discussed. Goldberg claims super-secret war plans were discussed, so classified that he couldn’t share them; only to backtrack hours later when the story’s credibility, already suspect, was fading. The new texts revealed no war plans, but that didn’t stop Democrats like Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), aka Temu

"Jeffries was not so quick to call for any firings over Joe Biden’s shambolic exit from Afghanistan, which got Americans killed—13 soldiers died during the Abbey Gate suicide bombing. An aid worker and his family were also killed in a drone strike, where several children also died. The Biden crew claimed no civilian deaths initially but had to walk it back. That’s two disasters where people got killed. No one was killed in the Signal non-scandal, except the Houthi terrorists. Let’s hope more are turned into ashtrays." . . .