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Trump seems to have good and bad reversed on what’s driving continued pressure for release of the Epstein list. The bad people want this to go away, so they stay invisible. The good people want to expose and prosecute the bad people. Trump clearly wants to stay invisible. 🤔 — UnderDog (@NoFear_DogHere) July 16, 2025 …
The selloff in the riskiest corners of the credit market has been significant over the past month, yet there are worries it is nowhere near enough. Some have called it the financial system’s gray swan, the most glaring inconsistency nearly everyone is simply ignoring or trying to paper over. As the economy deteriorates – with …
Actor Russell Brand said on Sunday that the Democratic Party is riddled with “duplicity and construction beneath it” after selecting a new candidate after President Biden announced he was stepping down from the ticket. “Kamala Harris for President? Are we all about to be ‘burdened by what might be,’’ Brand wrote in a post on …
Fox News reports that Rep. Mike Gallagher, R-Wis., chairman of the House select committee on China, is announcing he’s leaving Congress on April 19, which, Elizabeth Elkind points out, will temporarily leave House Republicans with just a one-seat majority. Causing Chad Pergram to ask: Could the Republicans’ slim House majority slip away before November? Have RINOs and/or NeverTrumpers decided that, instead …