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In the wake of President Donald Trump's weekend comments about the Jeffrey Epstein files, investigative journalist Alex Jones is saying: "This is the mother of all scandals."

"President Trump now claims the Epstein list is real, but the Democrats have doctored it," Jones said on X, along with a video clip expressing his perplexity.

"After years of saying they were releasing the Epstein file or list, suddenly they're not going to. We're told it doesn't exist," Jones said.

"But then Trump comes out last night and says, well, it DOES exist, but the Democrats had control of it, manipulated it, which is actually true. They've had control of it, they would destroy anything they didn't want in there, leave what they wanted in there, that their investigators could plant.

"People say, 'Whose side are you on?' This is a giant fiasco. I'm trying to call balls and strikes. I'm trying to look at every angle of this and understand what's happening, understand why the Trump administration did a 180 the last few months and particularly last week, and did this and then blames loyal supporters who support the overall agenda as being traitorous for doing this.

"Now we all know what triggered this. It was Elon [Musk] two months ago, saying look, Trump's in the list, and that big break-up there. And then Trump wants it closed. He wants it shut down, which looks extremely, extremely incriminating. But from all of my deep research, I never saw Trump involved in any illegal activity with Jeffrey Epstein. …

"This is the big story," said Jones, "and this has put the Trump administration into a mega-massive crisis. And Trump at press conferences … saying don't ask questions … it's insane. So I don't know where in the world they're coming up with that plan."

His advice to Trump is to "release everything" because "this is not going away."

Jones was reacting to Trump's extreme displeasure with ongoing controversy over Attorney General Pam Bondi's refusal to release files on the convicted pedophile, amid reports FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino may resign over the issue.

In a lengthy post Saturday on Truth Social, Trump said: "What's going on with my 'boys' and, in some cases, 'gals?' They're all going after Attorney General Pam Bondi, who is doing a FANTASTIC JOB! We're on one Team, MAGA, and I don't like what's happening.

"We have a PERFECT Administration, THE TALK OF THE WORLD, and 'selfish people' are trying to hurt it, all over a guy who never dies, Jeffrey Epstein. For years, it's Epstein, over and over again.

"Why are we giving publicity to Files written by Obama, Crooked Hillary, Comey, Brennan, and the Losers and Criminals of the Biden Administration, who conned the World with the Russia, Russia, Russia Hoax, 51 'Intelligence' Agents, 'THE LAPTOP FROM HELL,' and more? They created the Epstein Files, just like they created the FAKE Hillary Clinton/Christopher Steele Dossier that they used on me, and now my so-called 'friends' are playing right into their hands.

"Why didn't these Radical Left Lunatics release the Epstein Files? If there was ANYTHING in there that could have hurt the MAGA Movement, why didn't they use it? They haven't even given up on the John F. Kennedy or Martin Luther King, Jr. Files. No matter how much success we have had, securing the Border, deporting Criminals, fixing the Economy, Energy Dominance, a Safer World where Iran will not have Nuclear Weapons, it's never enough for some people.

"We are about to achieve more in 6 months than any other Administration has achieved in over 100 years, and we have so much more to do. We are saving our Country and, MAKING AMERICA GREAT AGAIN, which will continue to be our complete PRIORITY.

"The Left is imploding! Kash Patel, and the FBI, must be focused on investigating Voter Fraud, Political Corruption, ActBlue, The Rigged and Stolen Election of 2020, and arresting Thugs and Criminals, instead of spending month after month looking at nothing but the same old, Radical Left inspired Documents on Jeffrey Epstein. LET PAM BONDI DO HER JOB — SHE'S GREAT!

"The 2020 Election was Rigged and Stolen, and they tried to do the same thing in 2024 — That's what she is looking into as AG, and much more. One year ago our Country was DEAD, now it's the 'HOTTEST' Country anywhere in the World. Let's keep it that way, and not waste Time and Energy on Jeffrey Epstein, somebody that nobody cares about. Thank you for your attention to this matter!"

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Democrats have erupted in rage at a raid on a California marijuana farm operation by agents for the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement but are facing backlash because the operation was caught exploiting children for its labor.

A report at the Hill said the Department of Homeland Security confirmed that undocumented minors were found working at the cannabis scheme in the raid.

KTLA reported federal immigration officers and National Guard members carried out raids at two cannabis farm locations and arrested dozens, including illegal alien children.

Hundreds of protesters staged obstructive maneuvers during the law enforcement operation, and there were some violent clashes with law enforcement.

The two sites where operations were held were Glass House Farms locations in Camarillo and Carpinteria.

U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli confirmed, "Federal agents are executing a search warrant at this marijuana farm. Agents have already arrested multiple individuals for impeding this operation and will continue to make arrests. Don't interfere. You will be arrested and charged with a federal offense."

Luis McArthur, Oxnard's mayor, went online to complain the ICE raid on one location was "unjust and unwarranted," prompting criticism for his advocacy for "CHILD LABOR."

Law enforcement eventually used tear gas as protesters decided to obstruct the officers by blocking roadways.

One person apparently shot at federal officers, and on Friday was being sought for investigation of possible federal charges. The FBI offered a $50,000 award for information leading to the conviction in that case.

Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Rodney Scott revealed that 10 undocumented minors were found working at Camarillo, eight of them unaccompanied.

That opened an investigation into the corporation for child labor violations.

Fire department workers responded to several people affected by the tear gas.

At the Carpinteria operation, state Rep. Salud Carbajal, D-Santa Barbara, tried to force his way past federal agents, but was turned around.

His later statement claimed he was troubled by a lack of transparency in the DHS.

"I will be demanding answers from the Department of Homeland Security to find out who they detained and where the detainees are being taken," he said. "These militarized ICE raids are not how you keep our communities safe. This kind of chaos only traumatizes families and tears communities apart."

Gov. Gavin Newsom posted a statement online calling President Donald Trump "the real scum," triggering responders to question him why there were children working marijuana fields.

The Daily Caller News Foundation reported leftists were left "fuming" over the raid.

It reported Newsom posted, "Kids running from tear gas, crying on the phone because their mother was just taken from the fields. Trump calls me Newscum — but he's the real scum."

Arizona Sen. Ruben Gallego charged, "Instead of prioritizing dangerous criminals Trump is targeting families that have been here for years picking our food. The public outcry and protests are occurring because the American public knows this is wrong."

That triggered a flood of comments pointing that that marijuana is not considered "food."

Also misunderstanding was Rep. Jimmy Gomez, who said, "How many MS-13 gang members are waking up at 3 a.m. to pick strawberries? O'yeah, zero! Trump said he'd go after 'bad hombres,' but he's targeting the immigrant farm workers who feed America."

DHS responded, "At the California marijuana facility, [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] and CBP law enforcement rescued 8 unaccompanied migrant children from what looks like exploitation, violation of child labor laws and potentially human trafficking or smuggling. Yet, Gavin Newsom, Ruben Gallego and other politicians continue to demonize and attack the law enforcement officers who bravely rescued these children."

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The fallout from the stunning reversal by some key GOP leaders about the Jeffrey Epstein case, highlighted by the DOJ statement that he did commit suicide and there's likely no more information coming out about the convicted sex offender's "business," is far from over.

But one key Republican in the fight, deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino, reportedly has suggested he may walk over the issue.

Newsweek reported Bongino, a former Secret Service agent and talk-show host, is considering such a move because of the dispute between the FBI and the Department of Justice over the release of information about Epstein.

There apparently have been words between Attorney General Pam Bondi, whose agency issued the statement that no more details are coming, and Bongino.

The fight, politically, is over a supposed "client list," of those high-profile personalities Epstein is known to have met. Epstein has been vilified since his 2019 death in a New York jail awaiting more sex charges for allegedly facilitating meetings between his "friends" and underage girls.

Longtime legal activist Alan Dershowitz was caught up in the dispute when he was falsely accused, and has confirmed there is a list of so-called clients. GOP officials long had promised to move to make those names public, until last week's abrupt reversal.

Reports at CNN revealed that "Bongino did not come to work Friday" and that fueled "speculation he had quit over the issue. One source said as of Friday afternoon he had not left his position."

"The whole thing has been a complete mess and no one is happy," a source briefed on the matter told CNN.

A report at the Gateway Pundit pointed out that FBI Director Kash Patel also is reportedly frustrated with Pam Bondi and considering resigning if Dan Bongino leaves.

A further Newsweek report said Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche rebuked the idea there was any "daylight" between the DOJ and FBI on the issue.

"Blanche said that President Donald Trump's DOJ, led by Attorney General Pam Bondi, worked closely with FBI director Kash Patel and his deputy, Dan Bongino, on the unsigned memo that concluded that the convicted sex offender had died by suicide in a New York jail in 2019 and did not have a 'client list,'" claimed the report.

While authorities say there was no evidence of foul play in Epstein's death, theories long have suggested he was killed to prevent a list of names from becoming public, and supporters cite factors including a malfunctioning security camera outside his cell, the absence of a cellmate and the failure of guards to check on him.

Media personality and influencer Laura Loomer said on social media, "@FBIDirectorKash and @dbongino are LIVID with @AGPamBondi over her DOJ Memo and the lack of transparency from her office regarding the Jeffery Epstein files. Source tells me Dan Bongino is taking the day off today from his job as Deputy Director of the FBI, and there's now speculation on whether or not he will return to his job at the @FBI over his disgust with Blondi's lack of transparency and handling of the Epstein files. Pam Blondi has brought total embarrassment to President Trump, @JDVance ,@dbongino and @Kash_Patel."

She continued, "She has also LIED to the American people. I'm told Kash and Bongino are furious with Blondi and the blowback she has caused them with her lack of transparency. Kash Patel and Dan Bongino should call for Blondi's public resignation today to save themselves and to also push for full transparency into the Epstein files. This is an issue the American people care deeply about. Someone needs to be fired for this. Giving Blondi courtesy to resign is more than she deserves. Trump should just FIRE her."

Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., said he thinks those documents regarding Epstein all were destroyed by the Biden administration.

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In what some might call a Johnny-come-lately move, congressional Democrats are calling on U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi to release the Jeffrey Epstein files – because they supposedly mention President Trump.

The demand letter arrived Tuesday, the same day Trump upbraided a reporter asking about the Epstein files during a Cabinet meeting before allowing Bondi to respond. For days now, Trump supporters have condemned the attorney general for releasing a two-page memo Sunday claiming there is no Epstein "client list" and that there is no question he commit suicide in jail.

As reported by the Daily Caller, Democratic Maryland Rep. Jamie Raskin, ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, and Democratic New York Rep. Dan Goldman led Committee Democrats in a letter demanding that Bondi release any Epstein-related evidence allegedly referencing Trump that the Department of Justice (DOJ) and FBI have withheld.

The letter charged that Bondi's conduct was "worrisome" and that the DOJ was potentially being employed to cover up wrongdoing by the president, "including information allegedly contained in the Epstein files."

"In February 2025, you came under intense public criticism after releasing the 'first phase' of roughly 200 pages of the Epstein files that consisted largely of information that was already public," the lawmakers wrote, adding that Bondi reportedly redirected hundreds of FBI agents to review the files.

"In April, you claimed the FBI was reviewing 'tens of thousands of videos' of Mr. Epstein 'with children or child porn,'" they continued.

The letter then addressed the recent announcement on Epstein: "This raises the question of whether the White House has moved to prevent the declassification and public release of the full Epstein files because they implicate President Trump, and whether these massive redaction efforts and the withholding of the files were intended to shield your boss from embarrassing revelations within those files."

The letter also noted that former DOGE chief Elon Musk had claimed in a now-deleted X post that Trump was in the Epstein files.

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President Donald Trump long has criticized the leftist ideologies and political slants that are contained in the broadcasts of PBS, the Public Broadcast System funded by hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars each year.

He signed an executive order designating that that funding should halt, because of the bias.

The White House, just weeks ago, confirmed the organization was delivering "trash that is passed as news," and cited 24 examples such as its refusal to cover the Hunter Biden laptop scandal, a report linking crime fears with racism and the production of a film supporting "reparations," the idea that whites who never owned slaves have to pay huge amounts of cash to blacks who never were slaves.

Paul Kerger, PBS CEO, said she doesn't understand the claims of bias.

She said, "So that I don't understand the criticism and always when people say we see bias in your programs and by the way we get that on both sides. You know, I get as many calls from people on the more progressive side as on the conservative side that have issues every night with every night's broadcast. You know, I see this or I see that."

She blamed it on listeners: "We're in a difficult time right now in our country around news coverage where people forget that news is news and it is not about hearing information that is reaffirming what you think you know."

Some individual stations have sued, claiming that their First Amendment constitutional rights include a right to be handed tax money to use to promote their own ideologies.

A new report confirms that about the time of the election, about 90% of the coverage of the Trump administration was negative. That anti-Trump rhetoric on PBS now has been ramped up to 93%, according to a report by columnist Paul Bedard in the Washington Examiner.

"The premier weekly news show on PBS increased its negative coverage of President Donald Trump and Republicans to over 90%, a clear demonstration that the taxpayer-funded network has no plans to offer balanced coverage despite the White House's defund threats," the report explained.

"Over the past three months, Washington Week with the Atlantic has provided coverage and commentary on Trump that the conservative watchdog Media Research Center graded 93% negative."

It was just before the 2024 election that the show registered at 90% anti-Trump.

Trump, now in his second term following his defeat of Democrat Kamala Harris in the vote, has made defunding the bias a priority.

"But instead of giving Trump any credit for the Israel-Iran ceasefire, cutting inflation, leveling trade tariffs, or ridding the government of wasteful spending, the show and its stable of MAGA bashers have gone on a hate rampage," the report explained.

The report cited Clay Waters of the MRC's NewsBusters team.

"Even with supposedly bipartisan foreign policy issues on the table like Iran, the coverage only became more slanted, at 93% negative," he confirmed.

The evaluation found panelists spent 83 minutes opining on Republicans, with 87 minutes negative and six minutes positive.

"Show 'intros' by moderator Jeffrey Goldberg often set a mocking anti-Trump tone, not the 'civil discourse' promised," the report said. "In covering Trump's successful immigration agenda, 100% of the coverage was negative."

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A new report reveals that sources are suggesting that perjury charges may be in the offing for John Brennan, Barack Obama's leftist CIA chief who was part of the team that pushed the lies from the Steele Dossier onto the American public during President Donald Trump's first campaign.

They were trying to stop his campaign, or even put him in jail, and failed, giving America's economy and reputation a chance to surge during his first term, results that now are being implemented again during Trump's second term.

At the heart of the scheme at that point was the fabrications made up in the dossier, done by a former British agent who was paid by the Hillary Clinton campaign through a campaign, a law firm and a campaign research corporation.

The text, "leaked" so that the lies would be reported to the American public as legitimate concerns, made wild and unsubstantiated claims about Trump, including that his campaign was colluding with Russia, claims that since have been debunked.

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A constitutional expert, Jonathan Turley, who has not only testified before Congress on constitutional issues but also has represented members in court on those same topics, is warning a small college in Maine that it is entering the dangerous waters of "facilitating such abuse of students."

The warning comes in a dispute at the school, Eastern Maine Community College, where a professor reportedly "attacked a Christian conservative student for writing an essay about gun control."

The student, Katherine Parker, accused English instructor Carol Lewandowski "of engaging in raw political bias."

Further, Parker said the school failed to support her constitutional rights.

Assigned to do a speech, Parker chose the topic of the 2nd Amendment. When she submitted a draft to Lewandowski for review, "Parker said that she was told to change topics and was ridiculed over her religious and political beliefs," the report said.

The teacher apparently told Parker to "avoid proselytizing with logical fallacies in a college class," apparently condemning her 2nd Amendment statements as a "logical fallacy." She then added "Wasn't your former speech a testimony to finding Jesus. Did Jesus pack heat?"

Turley commented, "One would think that such an abusive and politically biased attack on a student would result in the termination of the professor. However, Parker alleges that the community college did not seem inclined to take action against Lewandowski. Parker says that she spoke to EMCC Dean of Academics Lynn Hunter, who 'assured me that discrimination was not tolerated at the community college, but she did not give me a clear answer when I asked her how she felt about what the teacher said to me — she assured me that she would be getting both sides of the story.'"

He explained, "Such abuse of a student over political and religious views should result in the termination of the professor. However, we have seen a high-level of toleration (and even support for) anti-conservative and anti-Republican positions by faculty. That includes teachers in Maine calling for Trump supporters to be 'taken out.'"

He continued, "It is now common to hear inflammatory language from professors advocating 'detonating white people,' denouncing police, calling for Republicans to suffer, strangling police officers, celebrating the death of conservatives, calling for the killing of Trump supporters, supporting the murder of conservative protesters and other outrageous statements. One professor who declared that there is 'nothing wrong' with such acts of violence as killing conservatives was actually promoted."

"We have not heard directly from Professor Lewandowski, but these communications are shocking. If true, the failure of the community college to take action immediately against Lewandowski is a chilling reminder of how higher education has lost its moorings. By retaining Lewandowski, the college is not just allowing but facilitating such abuse of students."

He said, "What happened to this student is the very antithesis of the values supporting higher education."

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A new, explosive report is alleging the same Deep State forces that brought Barack Obama to the U.S. presidency are responsible for the meteoric rise of Zohran Mamdani, the socialist who is now the Democratic nominee for New York City mayor.

The analysis Sunday by Ethan White at Gazetteller.com says: "Barack Obama was never just a president. He was a weapon – carefully installed, heavily protected, and strategically unleashed to dismantle the American Republic from within.

"Now, on July 6, 2025, the fruits of his deception are visible for anyone who dares to see through the smokescreen of media propaganda and elite manipulation.

"And the clearest product of his globalist-engineered legacy is Zohran Mamdani – a foreign-born, socialist radical openly advocating the destruction of capitalism, national identity, and constitutional law."

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The lawfare schemes assembled against President Donald Trump while he was in office, and then during the four years before his second term, likely have no equal.

He was charged in an organized crime count, he was accused of fraud when the "victims" said they'd like to do business with him again, he was accused of fomenting insurrection, he was accused of misstating business costs by labeling legal fees legal fees, he was hit with a SWAT team raid over paperwork disagreements.

The lawfare goal was clear: Not just to try to dissuade him from running for a second term, which Democrats feared, but to actually find a way to put him in jail to guarantee that result.

Now one senator has promised to name names of those involved in the schemes.

Some already are known. Letitia James, New York's attorney general who now is under investigation herself for fraud, was one. So was Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg. Several judges were in on it.

But all will be revealed, according to Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa.

According to a report at the Gateway Pundit, he said, "I'm going to make sure as chairman of this committee, by listening to whistleblowers, getting documents that have been kept from Congress of the United States, I'm going to make sure that everybody is exposed and the documents prove it for the eight years that the opposition was trying to put President Trump in prison."

He said, "What we're doing, whether we had Republican or Democrat administrations over my years in the United States Congress, this President and his appointees to the Department of Justice and the FBI have given us the first real cooperation that we should have had under both Republican and Democratic Presidents before. But it was just obfuscate and cover up and not let the truth out because it's going to be embarrassing.

"So we're getting some whistleblowers their jobs back. We are releasing documents because I want everybody who had anything to do since President Trump went down that golden elevator in 2015 have been trying to get him out of the presidency or when he was out of the presidency, getting into prison."

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There's no doubt President Donald Trump is trying to restore peace around the globe, after multiple wars broke out under the U.S. leadership of Joe Biden.

Some have been reduced, while others still rage. Key right now are the wars between Iran and Israel and Russia and Ukraine. The Israel-Iran conflict appears to be subsiding, while the Russia-Ukraine conflict isn't.

But among the various projects on which Trump has worked is a peace deal between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

That one was ignored by many media organizations.

WND reported that it was ending three decades of war.

Vice President JD Vance praised Trump's role, "If I think about what I know about these two countries, for 30 years, pretty much the entire time that I can remember these two countries being in the news, much of the story has been about them fighting one another, about them killing one another. And now, we can look forward to a future where my children will look at this moment as the beginning of a new story, a story of prosperity and peace."

And while that one hasn't been the topic of nightly news reports, or even weekly reports, a commentary at the Washington Stand notes it may be the most important of all, the "one we all overlooked."

That's because of the atrocities involved.

Random beheadings en masse. Mass rapes. Dozens of bodies of decapitated victims, lootings, burnings, terrorism, butchery, for decades.