From Epstein to License Fraud: The Democratic Party's Scandals, Implosions, and Obama's Shadow Presidency
The Epstein Files: Speculation Without Evidence
The Epstein files—putting Trump in a grave, or will he attend all the other people's funerals? After this is all said and done, did Trump know about the girls? If so, was he supposed to be a whistleblower with no evidence? Did he hinder any investigation? As long as no women come forward to accuse Trump, and they find a court and jury to convict him, this is all just hot air. Perhaps Epstein was simply a schemer, hoping to extort money and involve people in his crime cabinet. You could argue, according to Michael Wolff's account , that Trump wants to protect some people who didn't understand Epstein—after all, Hillary paid for the Russia hoax. In Mafia terms, call it extortion.
It's a very sad story for the victims, and there are surely some cover-ups. However, leave it as a criminal investigation with the survivors taking the lead—but you need evidence, including Trump's name. Victims of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein said Tuesday they are working together to compile a list of powerful figures connected to the disgraced financier after growing frustrated with the government's handling of the case. The Council of Europe continues monitoring such cases internationally.
California's License Scandal: Newsom's Dangerous Game
Truck drivers may be in demand in the US as the industry faces an aging problem, but are what you call "illegals"—necessary temporaries—the right choice to drive trucks? According to Gavin Newsom, no problem. Newsom denied any problems with California's system but has gone along with the revocation of 17,000 licenses. The governor's spokesman mocked the secretary as Sean "Road Rules" Duffy, a reference to his appearances on an MTV reality show 27 years ago. Newsom's spokesman also accused Duffy of lying "in a sad and desperate attempt to please his dear leader," using a favorite Resistance phrase for President Donald Trump.
Just give them a fake license and let them loose—no problem if they kill people outside California. The main issue, like the illegals on California farms, is that it keeps prices down and improves affordability. Isn't that the current political theme for Democrats, as everything for the last two years has failed? It may have some traction, with the Feds blaming California for the security breach.
The Abortion Exodus and Demographic Reality
Rosie O'Donnell has lots of followers wanting to leave the US for abortion rights—wish them well. Lenin once ordered very liberal rules: Following the takeover of Russia by the Bolsheviks, the Russian Soviet Republic under Vladimir Lenin became the first country in the world in the modern era to allow abortion in all circumstances in 1920 —but most of the rest of the world is just fine with 12 weeks and some exceptions.
The big picture: Women's desire to leave the country started surging right before President Trump's first term in office and increased again in the years after the Supreme Court overturned abortion rights in the Dobbs decision. Well, in a multicultural society, someone may disagree with the ladies. In every region, Muslims grew at a faster rate than the non-Muslim population, with one exception: in the Latin America-Caribbean region, which has the smallest Muslim population, the number of Muslims increased by 6%, while the region's non-Muslim population grew by 10%.
Progressive Implosions and Political Revenge
We all know how New Yorkers fared under DeBlasio. Meet some of Mamdani's chosen for his team—he should have read Einstein's "We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them" —but Socrates was a philosopher, not a Communist.
A political movement in crisis: The Sierra Club calls itself the "largest and most influential grassroots environmental organization in the country." But it's in the middle of an implosion—left weakened, distracted, and divided just as environmental protections are under assault by the Trump administration.
Obama's ill-timed White House Correspondents' Dinner remarks may have triggered Trump's White House bid. Obama then called attention to a satirical photo the guests could see of a remodeled White House with the words "Trump" and "The White House" in large purple letters followed by the words "hotel," "casino" and "golf course."
The revenge train: After years of torturing Trump from impeachment to assassination attempts, the same people indicting him are now calling it political prosecution, perhaps neglecting an entire history of 10 years. "I hope they're looking at all of these people," Trump said of former Justice Department Special Counsel Jack Smith, former Justice Department senior prosecutor Andrew Weissmann, and California Democratic Senator Adam Schiff. "And I'm allowed to find out. I'm allowed, you know, I'm in theory chief law enforcement officer." Hopefully in the process, the swamp will drain and the creatures be fully on display.
The Democrats have no clear leader, so Obama once more seems to be the party's troubleshooter. He may have recommended to Schumer to push Biden aside. Following last June's disastrous debate performance by President Joe Biden, Barack Obama urged then-Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer to be the bearer of bad news and convince Biden to drop out of the race, saying his own "fragile relationship" with the president prevented him from being the "best messenger" before he himself got involved. This time he may push Schumer out as the granddaddy of the progressives—if you call Bernie Sanders a moderate.
The Plantation Metaphor's Collapse
Think about it: the image of the plantation as a "factory in the field" has long been used to suggest that slavery and industrial capitalism shared foundational structural features. The phrase conjures an image of mechanical efficiency and organizational discipline, implying that enslaved labor was managed with the same precision as machinery in a northern mill. Yet when the metaphor is measured against empirical evidence, it disintegrates.
