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Flashback Exchange of the Day

July 24, 2025 at 7:35 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Jeffrey Epstein was asked in a 2010 deposition about his relationship with Donald Trump: 

LAWYER: Have you ever had a personal relationship with Donald Trump?

EPSTEIN: What do you mean by “personal relationship,” sir?

LAWYER: Have you socialized with him?

EPSTEIN: Yes, sir.

LAWYER: Have you ever socialized with Donald Trump in the presence of females under the age of 18?

EPSTEIN: Though I’d like to answer that question, at least today I’m going to have to assert my 5th, 6th and 14th Amendment rights, sir.

Macron Sues Candace Owens

July 24, 2025 at 7:16 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife, Brigitte Macron, sued right-wing commentator Candace Owens for defamation, The Guardian reports.

Owens said in early 2024 that she would “stake her entire professional reputation on the fact that Brigitte Macron is in fact a man.”

How Trump Sees the Epstein Crisis

July 24, 2025 at 6:58 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Playbook: “Trump has ruminated about the Epstein fallout for weeks. ‘They’re going to accuse me of some funny business,’ he said recently in the Oval Office, according to a Republican close to the White House who personally heard the president make these comments. Trump again maintained his distance from Epstein’s criminal behavior, but lamented: ‘They’re going to fuck me anyways.’”


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White House Tightens Grip on Jeffrey Epstein Messaging

July 24, 2025 at 6:57 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“President Donald Trump and his aides have settled on silence as a strategy to stamp out criticism of his refusal to release files detailing the federal government’s investigation of Epstein,“ NBC News reports.

“In a break from Trump’s usual crisis communications template — which emphasizes an all-hands-on-deck approach to defending him on television and on social media — the Epstein case has been met with more restraint from the White House.”

“Trump himself has signaled that he doesn’t want members of his administration talking about the matter nonstop.”

Trump’s Epstein Nightmare Worsens

July 24, 2025 at 6:56 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“The Jeffrey Epstein morass surrounding President Donald Trump is deepening amid growing defiance by some Republicans and despite the administration’s most inflammatory attempt yet at distraction,” CNN reports.

“New reports Wednesday that Attorney General Pam Bondi told Trump in May that his name appeared in documents related to the case of Epstein, an accused sex trafficker, offered a plausible explanation for the president’s growing fury over the drama.”

“They will fuel accusations of a cover-up since the administration has refused to release the files.”

For members: A Full-Blown Cover Up

Justice Department Official to Meet with Ghislaine Maxwell

July 24, 2025 at 6:55 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

A senior Department of Justice official is expected to meet with longtime Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell on Thursday in Tallahassee, Florida, ABC News reports.

Her brother told the New York Post that she is readying “new evidence” ahead of the meeting.

Obama Raises Money to Counter GOP Redistricting

July 24, 2025 at 6:53 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Barack Obama and Donald Trump are squaring off over Republicans’ push to remap two red states, with the former Democratic president fundraising against his successor’s effort to maintain control over Congress next year,“ Politico reports.

“Obama will headline an August fundraiser in Martha’s Vineyard for a Democratic redistricting group that’s fighting the GOP-led efforts in Texas and Ohio, per the invitation.”

K Street Takes In Record Cash

July 24, 2025 at 6:53 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Politico: “The first six months of President Donald Trump’s term have produced a cash cow of historic magnitude for the lobbying industry, with record-breaking demand for help navigating the administration’s constant stream of policy pronouncements — or trying to avoid becoming a pay-for in the GOP’s megabill.”

RFK Jr. Rescinds Endorsements for Some Flu Vaccines

July 24, 2025 at 6:50 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Tuesday formally rescinded federal recommendations for all flu vaccines containing thimerosal, a mercury-based preservative that the anti-vaccine movement has falsely linked to autism,” the New York Times reports.

“The decision cements a move last month by vaccine advisers whom Mr. Kennedy named to the federal Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices after abruptly firing all 17 previous members.”

Trump Seeks Voter Rolls from Michigan

July 24, 2025 at 6:48 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“President Donald Trump’s Justice Department is asking the top election official in the key battleground state of Michigan for access to voter registration records and demanding information about its efforts to kick ineligible voters off the rolls,” CNN reports.

“Officials in multiple states, including battlegrounds Arizona and Wisconsin have reported receiving information requests from the DOJ in recent weeks. The moves have unsettled some election officials who have faced threats and harassment recent years as conspiracy theories about election fraud have ballooned.”

RNC Chair to Run for Senate in North Carolina

July 24, 2025 at 6:06 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

RNC Chair Michael Whatley will run for Senate in North Carolina with Donald Trump’s blessing after the president’s daughter-in-law, Lara Trump, opted not to seek the seat, Politico reports.

Trump Says Countries Will Face Tariffs From 15% to 50%

July 24, 2025 at 6:03 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“President Donald Trump suggested that he would not go below 15% as he sets so-called reciprocal tariff rates ahead of an Aug. 1 deadline, an indication that the floor for the increased levies was rising,” Bloomberg reports.

Said Trump: “We’ll have a straight, simple tariff of anywhere between 15% and 50%. A couple of — we have 50 because we haven’t been getting along with those countries too well.”

Inside the House GOP Rebellion Over Epstein

July 24, 2025 at 5:42 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Politico: “The revolt of House Republicans who favored releasing Epstein case documents surprised White House officials and multiple members of GOP leadership. Trump officials in particular, who are used to House Republicans rolling over to the president’s every whim, were especially stunned at the increasingly public and blunt pushback.”

“But some senior GOP aides privately acknowledged they could see Epstein-fueled pressure brewing into a bigger and bigger problem. They could tell how sensitive the issue was for the White House after Johnson appeared to break with President Donald Trump over the matter by calling for full transparency from the DOJ on a conservative podcast.”

“The White House fumed over the perceived off-script moment, with Johnson going on to say days there was ‘no daylight’ between House Republicans and Trump.”

Trump Loses His Grip on the House

July 24, 2025 at 5:35 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“President Donald Trump has lost control of the Jeffrey Epstein scandal,” Punchbowl News reports.

“The House Oversight Committee – the top investigative panel in the House – will issue an array of subpoenas related to the Justice Department’s Epstein investigation, rebuffing Trump’s pleas to his base to move on from the matter.”

“Republicans on the Oversight panel tried to soften the blow by also agreeing to subpoena former President Bill Clinton and First Lady Hillary Clinton over their interactions with the disgraced financier, as well as all the attorneys general and FBI directors since Epstein first came under criminal investigation in 2005.”

“Yet suddenly, the White House finds itself not getting any cover from Hill Republicans. In fact, GOP lawmakers are teaming up with Democrats to seek depositions and documents.”

Washington Post: Trump struggles to contain furor over Epstein as House lawmakers seek subpoenas.

Progressives Rake In Cash as Democrats Remain Divided

July 24, 2025 at 5:33 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Rep. Marcy Kaptur, a Democrat who is the longest-serving woman in congressional history, has raised $678,667 so far this year in her bid to keep her competitive northwestern Ohio district in her party’s hands in next year’s midterm elections,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

“Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) has raised almost 23 times as much for her campaign committee. The $15.4 million she has collected makes her the biggest House fundraiser this year, nearly doubling the total of the chamber’s most powerful member, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA).”

“The contrast between the two women highlights how Democratic small-dollar donors, an increasingly important group as more fundraising moves online, often are biased in their support of ideological favorites rather than focusing on just those in competitive races.”

“Among the 10 incumbent Democrats who raised the most from individual donors this year, six are members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus.”

Trump to Tour Federal Reserve

July 24, 2025 at 5:32 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“The White House said President Trump would visit the Federal Reserve on Thursday afternoon. He is set to join a previously arranged tour for several White House advisers of the construction site where the Fed is renovating its headquarters,“ the Wall Street Journal reports.

“Presidential visits to the central bank are rare—but so is the kind of sustained pressure campaign Trump and his advisers have dialed up in recent weeks to demand Fed Chair Jerome Powell and his colleagues lower interest rates.”

House to Vote on Kicking McIver Off Committee

July 24, 2025 at 5:30 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“The House is set to vote on a Republican measure that would censure Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-N.J.) and remove her from the House Homeland Security Committee,” Axios reports.

“McIver was indicted last month and pleaded not guilty to three counts of interfering with law enforcement officers over a physical altercation with ICE officers in May.”

Biden Sells Memoir for Roughly $10 Million

July 24, 2025 at 5:28 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Former President Joe Biden has sold his presidential memoir to the Hachette Book Group for an advance in the range of $10 million,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

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