Wednesday, September 10, 2025

Inside the GOP's mental gymnastics on Epstein

Everyone needs to calm down about the newly revealed birthday letter to Jeffrey Epstein that bears President Donald Trump's signature. ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌  ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ 
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Wed Sep 10 2025

 
American financier Jeffrey Epstein and future President Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, in 1997.

Everyone needs to calm down about the newly revealed birthday letter to Jeffrey Epstein that bears President Donald Trump's signature.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies at a Senate hearing in Washington, DC, on May 20, 2025.
 

RFK Jr. seems surprised to hear the things he's said about vaccines

In his Senate testimony, Kennedy tried to have it both ways when it came to the COVID vaccines developed under Trump's orders in his first term.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies on Sept. 4, 2025, at a Senate hearing about the Trump administration's policies on vaccines, developments at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the firing of CDC chief Susan Monarez.
 

RFK Jr. uses rightful anger over COVID to recklessly target vaccines

Arguing vaccine mandates should be tossed because of Americans' right to unfettered freedoms isn't conservative, it's stupid.

On Sept. 8, 2025, jury selection begins in the criminal trial of a man accused of attempting to assassinate President Donald Trump at his Florida golf club during his reelection campaign. Ryan Routh, 59, faces charges of attempting to assassinate a major presidential candidate, assaulting a federal officer and several weapons violations. He has pleaded not guilty.
 

A would-be Trump assassin is on trial. Why aren't we talking about it?

Ryan Routh, accused of attempting to kill President Donald Trump on a golf course last year, goes on trial in Florida. Is anybody paying attention?

A protester stands outside the federal court in New York City on Jan. 25, 2024, as the defamation lawsuit against Donald Trump brought by E. Jean Carroll continues. On Sept. 8, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit declined to throw out a case that ruled the president owes $83.3 million over comments he made disputing the veracity of sexual assault claims by Carroll.
 

Why Trump's latest sexual abuse ruling barely made news

The revelations about Trump's sexual abuse and the subsequent court rulings in E. Jean Carroll's favor should be shocking. Instead, it's barely news.

People wait on June 11, 2025, outside a Home Depot store in Los Angeles that had been the site of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention of day laborers.
 

Supreme Court OKs racial profiling for ICE in wild act of hypocrisy

The U.S. Supreme Court has allowed the Trump administration to get back to grabbing random Latino people in Home Depot parking lots in Los Angeles.

President Donald Trump signs cashless bail executive orders on Aug. 25, 2025.
 

Trump's changes to the bail system will protect public safety

President Donald Trump has the right idea about cashless bail. We need to prioritize risk-based decisions.

Washington, DC, police officers work with federal law enforcement agencies to make an arrest in the Columbia Heights neighborhood on Sept. 7, 2025. A day later, Attorney General Pam Bondi said 214 illegal guns have been seized and 2,120 arrests have been made in the month since the Trump administration took over the city.
 

As Trump takeover of DC expires, what's next in fighting crime?

Washington, DC, continues to struggle with high rates of homicide and carjacking. A temporary federal surge cannot solve these systemic problems.

U.S. Marines patrol in Fallujah, Iraq, in 2007.
 

24 years after 9/11, the VA is failing War on Terror veterans

I helped coordinate health care for veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan. What I saw was devastating. Congress must pass the CHOICE Act to honor them.

Congress
 

Should members of Congress be allowed to trade stocks while they work?

Members of Congress – both Republicans and Democrats – often get a head start on stock trading that your average American investor doesn't get.

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