Week of Eternal Epstein
Covering up, covering up the cover‑up, covering… (you get the fractal idea)

But Tommy Christopher is willing to help anyway, with one brief interview clip after another as Trump exposes his creepier than creepy side, including several remarks over the years about his intimate yearning for his daughter.

Now he’ll decide which information out of all she might provide will turn out to be credible and therefore fit for release.

As in:
They will publicly release all credible evidence about Epstein.

tengrain at Mock Paper Scissors has a pretty good idea about what Todd Blanche defines as credible.

Did I mention very loyal?

Scotties Playtime has found it! Among a host of memes, Scottie provides the list as described by Trump:

The logic seems to be that Johnson felt compelled to protect Republicans from the embarrassment, and the constituent anger, of having to vote to keep the Epstein files secret.

He would rather have just tabled the whole thing to prevent a vote, but Democrats just wouldn’t cooperate. (Heartless bastards!!)

So Democrats forced him to adjourn, dontcha see…

Key pretzel blame:
We’re not buying it and I’m not going to allow them to uh, ub drag the, the Congress into this.

My …um… insight:

Hackwhackers brings us 5 minutes of joyful, penetrating video while asking What’s going on with Murdoch’s media?.

Key partial definition (At about 1:30):
I mean, just by stats, by history, yeah, white probably helps be an American.
 
But if you’re not white, don’t be antagonistic to those who are, and don’t be bitter about it.

Key vision:
The Department of Homeland Security is now trying to brighten our mornings by posting their vision of America: small towns full of white people, with a church across the street from a little one room schoolhouse, and children gathering around the flagpole to pledge their allegiance.

Key aggressive defense:
DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin told the Post that the agency is highlighting artwork that celebrates America’s heritage and history.
 
If the media needs a history lesson on the brave men and women who blazed the trails and forged this republic from the sweat of their brow, we are happy to send them a history textbook, she said in the statement to the Post. This administration is unapologetically proud of American history and American heritage.

and Jason Linkins begins a dialogue with the inevitable path if we follow the law.

Our favorite Earth-Bound Misfit has the reaction we should share as Trump and Rubio conduct diplomatic war on a sports team of kids (13‑16) trying to compete in an international baseball series that happens to be held this time around in the US.

Key award for bullying:
Denying visas to a team of Little-Leaguers is about as petty as it gets.

Right up until MAGA robbed him of everything she loved about him.

Key headline (that really says it)
He Made Me Who I Am and Then Forgot Who He Was

How do we challenge the largely unconscious racism of white people?

Key announcement (Heritage Foundation’s Kevin Roberts):
“That Supreme Court ruling yesterday on immunity is vital, and it’s vital for a lot of reasons,” Roberts said, adding that the nation needs a strong leader because “the left has taken over our institutions.” “[W]e are in the process of the second American Revolution,” he said, “which will remain bloodless if the left allows it to be.”

The same analysis is now available in audio format, as Richardson narrates her podcast.

Legal expert Imani Gandy wrote an analysis that exposed the illegal overrule.
But it turns out there was part of her analysis that she now admits had it wrong.

What the legislature passed was even worse than she thought.

We have a response. If indicted, Biden’s autopen will act as its own attorney.

Brian Beutler seems to have it about right. Democratic leadership needs to be replaced by those willing to fight for their constituents and for their principles.

Key stray:
…the preceding years the Democratic Party mistook “risk aversion” for “moderation” and populated the party with cowards.

Key path forward:
The answer, I gather, is to recruit viable candidates (that is, people who aren’t hopelessly out of step with the prevailing cultures of their states) who are also of a fighting mindset.

Key concerns of Americans:
the ever-worsening humanitarian and hunger crisis in Gaza, massive heat waves across the globe and Trump’s attempts to distance himself from Jeffrey Epstein.

Fox coverage:
The new fake Obama Russiagate scandal has a bit of everything – a director of national intelligence who is desperate to keep her job, the deep state, Barack Hussein Obama, Hillary Clinton, FISA warrants, declassified memos, dirty dossiers, Hunter Biden’s laptop, Jim Comey, election interference, the complicit mainstream Marxist media and a slew of intelligence community officials who were hellbent on stopping Donald J. Trump’s presidency.
 
The only thing the latest invented scandal lacks is any basis in reality.

The audio version contains much more, narrated by Juliet herself! Worth any small number of seconds of random sampling for those who hesitate at the investment of an hour.

After preparing us with a list of movie classics and how each would fare with the group’s jingo‑exuberance, he looks at films offered as models for the new creative patriotism. Then he goes into deconstruct mode on the whole idea.

Key goal:
…hoping for more movies that are “scrappy, swaggering, gun-slinging, and with a zeal for liberty,” and insulting to China. President Donald Trump won’t allow the president of Taiwan to stopover in New York City on his way to South America, but another Rambo movie with Chinese villains is what America needs?

Key alternative (as in – how about?):
How about we hope for more movies that are just good films? If the movies criticize America, fine. We’re a big country. We can take it. It’s that freedom to criticize our government that makes our country great.

But he promises We can still be beautiful.

Key vision:
This will be true here, as well.
 
America will not always be where it is today.
It will not be in such cruel and violent hands.

Michael J Scott points out what should be obvious. Such violence is dangerous, against our founders, against our traditions, against our laws.

Key advocacy (Hawley, July 9, 2025):
If authorities break the terms of God’s delegation of governance and assault the people’s freedoms, then the people have a right to defend themselves, even to rebel.

Key objection:
This is the dangerous language of religious fanaticism, the kind that justifies rebellion, violence, and the dismantling of democracy in the name of God. Hawley and his allies are not merely appealing to voters of faith; they are promoting a dangerous ideology that seeks to replace the U.S. Constitution with their interpretation of biblical law. It is a movement intent on turning America into a theocracy, with policies dictated by a narrow and extremist version of Christianity.

An alternate translation is that the votes of married Christian men should count more than other votes.

OR, the most bizarre, that 16 year olds should be allowed to vote, but only if they are married Christian men.

Infidel753 makes the case that you can’t trust memes expressing unverified views, even clever memes created with wit and style.

He offers examples. He begins with his own counterattack on an attack on diversity in films. He goes on to attack creationism, religion in general, JFK, and kindness toward abusers.

da-AL’s guest blogger this week is Aithal, whose story of overcoming provides additional inspiration.

It’s a lot packed into a brief post worth a click.

I can say with confidence that encouragement can help, so how about a click and a few words?

I offered my own comment based on parallel experience.

Here’s hoping for her complete recovery.