President Trump’s approval rating in the Strength In Numbers polling average is 42.6%, versus a 53.5% disapproval — a new low for his second term.
Bolsonaro Is Ordered to Wear Ankle Monitor
“Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro will be required to wear an electronic ankle monitor after police carried out search warrants against him on Friday,” Bloomberg reports.
“Bolsonaro, who is about to stand trial over an alleged coup attempt, will also face restrictions on social media use.”
Most Say Trump’s Tax Law Will Just Help the Wealthy
A new AP-NORC poll finds about two-thirds of U.S. adults expect the new tax law will help the rich.
“Most — about 6 in 10 — think it will do more to hurt than help low-income people. About half say it will do more harm than good for middle-class people and people like them.”
Just 23% Say Israel’s Actions in Gaza Are ‘Fully Justified’
A new CNN poll finds only 23% of Americans say Israel’s actions have been fully justified, a 27-point drop from a October 2023 poll taken shortly after Hamas’ October 7 attacks.
Another 27% now say those actions have been partially justified and 22% say that they have not been justified at all. In October 2023, just 8% said Israel’s actions were not justified at all.
This drop cuts across party lines but is far larger among Democrats and independents.
Some Thoughts on the Trump-Epstein Bombshell
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Quote of the Day
“I never wrote a picture in my life. I don’t draw pictures of women. It’s not my language. It’s not my words.”
— President Trump, quoted by Politico, denying he wrote an illustrated letter to Jeffrey Epstein, despite his his well-documented use of doodles.
What’s in the Epstein Files?
ABC News reports the earlier “phase one” disclosure of the Epstein files contained a little-noticed “three-page catalog of evidence” that “offers a roadmap to the remaining trove of records that President Donald Trump’s administration has declined to release, including logs of who potentially visited Epstein’s private island and the records of a wiretap of Ghislaine Maxwell’s phone.”
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Trump to Sue Wall Street Journal
“President Donald Trump said Thursday he would sue the Wall Street Journal and its owner over a new bombshell report about his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein and directed Attorney General Pam Bondi to begin the process of unsealing grand jury testimony in the disgraced financier’s criminal case,” Politico reports.
“Trump said he had personally warned the Journal’s owner, Rupert Murdoch, and its editor in chief, Emma Tucker, that the letter was ‘fake’ before the report was published, calling the story ‘false, malicious, and defamatory.’”
House Republicans Dangle Possible Vote on Epstein Files
“House Republicans, under pressure from Democrats and their own angry constituents, agreed on Thursday night to lay the groundwork for a potential vote calling on the Justice Department to release material from its investigation of the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, breaking with President Trump’s demand that supporters accept his administration’s handling of the case and move on,” the New York Times reports.
“The measure, a nonbinding resolution, has not been scheduled for a vote. It is unclear whether Republicans will ever bring it up, or whether it could muster the support to pass in the face of a deep G.O.P. divide over the Trump administration’s handling of the case of Mr. Epstein, who died by suicide in federal custody while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges.”
Why Democrats Didn’t Try to Thwart Trump’s Clawback
“House Democrats passed up what appeared to be a golden opportunity to block a bill codifying $9 billion in DOGE cuts to public broadcasting and foreign aid. In leadership’s telling, victory was never a real possibility,” Axios reports.
“That analysis may not be enough to ward off fierce backlash from the Democrats’ grassroots base, which has been demanding lawmakers use every tool at their disposal to fight the Trump administration.”
House Passes $9 Billion in Spending Cuts
“The House passed a bill to slash $9 billion in federal spending early Friday and sent it to President Donald Trump’s desk for his signature,” the Washington Post reports.
“But not before a detour aimed at containing the political fallout from the Trump administration’s failure to release the files of convicted sex-offender Jeffrey Epstein.”
Wall Street Journal: “Both chambers acted before a Friday deadline after which the executive branch would have had to release the funding. The final vote was delayed for several hours Thursday night as Democrats in the House Rules Committee failed to advance an amendment that would require Attorney General Pam Bondi to release records related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein within 30 days.”
White House Shares Trump Diagnosis
“The White House on Thursday said that President Donald Trump has been diagnosed with a mild but chronic illness related to his age — a rare admission from one of the nation’s oldest presidents who has long sought to project vigor,” the Washington Post reports.
“Trump has chronic venous insufficiency, the White House physician said in a memorandum, a condition in which the legs have trouble delivering blood back to the heart.”
Trump’s New Alcatraz Could Cost $2 Billion
“President’s Trump’s audacious plan to convert Alcatraz back to a maximum- security prison could come with a hefty price tag: $2 billion,” Axios reports.
Trump Tells Bondi to Release Some Epstein Material
“President Trump announced Thursday night that he was authorizing Attorney General Pam Bondi to seek the public release of grand jury testimony from the prosecution of the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, and Ms. Bondi said she would make that request in federal court on Friday,” the New York Times reports.
“He cited ‘the ridiculous amount of publicity given to Jeffrey Epstein’ for his directive, which falls far short of demands from some congressional Republicans to make public all investigative files collected by the department and the FBI, not just testimony presented in federal court.”
Bondi said in response she’s “ready to move the court tomorrow to unseal the grand jury transcripts.”
Trump Wrote a Letter for Jeffrey Epstein’s 50th Birthday
Wall Street Journal: “The letter bearing Trump’s name, which was reviewed by the Journal, is bawdy—like others in the album. It contains several lines of typewritten text framed by the outline of a naked woman, which appears to be hand-drawn with a heavy marker. A pair of small arcs denotes the woman’s breasts, and the future president’s signature is a squiggly ‘Donald’ below her waist, mimicking pubic hair.”
The letter concludes: “Happy Birthday — and may every day be another wonderful secret.”
In an interview, Trump denied writing the letter or drawing the picture: “This is not me. This is a fake thing. It’s a fake Wall Street Journal story.”
Mike Johnson May Back Measure to Disclose Epstein Files
“Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is discussing backing a measure in support of disclosing more information related to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein,” The Hill reports.
“Johnson’s consideration of the move comes as outrage over the Trump administration’s handling of the matter roils the Republican Party.”
Trump Kept Epstein Issue at Arm’s Length
Time: “While the idea of a secret ‘Epstein client list’ became a fixation for far-right influencers and members of Trump’s base, the candidate himself rarely brought up Epstein unprompted in campaign speeches or rallies. Instead, it was Trump’s official and unofficial surrogates—many of whom now occupy top posts in his Administration—who repeatedly stoked expectations that explosive revelations were imminent, often suggesting prosecutions were coming and that thousands of pages of damning material would soon be released.”
“Now many in Trump’s base are accusing him of falling far short of what they expected him to do with the Epstein case, partly because of years of rhetoric from his allies that neither Trump nor his campaign did much to refute.”
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