Van Hollen Slams Desecration Of The Kennedy Center, AOC Goes Scorched Earth Over DOJ Cover-Up, Dan Bongino Abandons FBI, and A New Fox Poll Shows Even Republicans Are Turning On Trump

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BONGINO HEADED OUT

Next month, Deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino will be leaving to return to the right-wing podcast world. Even though I’m sure his replacement will somehow be worse, I’m glad this liar who accomplished nothing during his short tenure will be gone. Good riddance.

FOX POLL

As always, I take polls with a grain of salt. But sometimes there are numbers that can’t be ignored. And surprisingly, a new Fox poll released this week gives a glimpse of just how far Trump’s popularity has fallen.

A whopping 72% of those surveyed said they view current “economic conditions” negatively, with nearly half of the Republicans polled saying the economy is in bad shape. If I were a Republican in a competitive House seat, I would be running as far away from Trump as possible right now. But it’s probably too late for that. Good.

PULITZER PUSHES BACK

In 2022, Trump filed a bogus defamation lawsuit against the Pulitzer Prize Board for giving awards to multiple papers for their reporting on the Trump-Russia scandal.

As one of the first people to investigate Trump’s Russian ties, I can say that those who won the awards deserved it. They dug in hard, unlike most of corporate media.

Well, now it looks like this lawsuit is backfiring spectacularly. The Pulitzer Board is demanding Trump’s legal team turn over his psychological records, medication history, all of his tax returns from 2015 to now, and all physical exams. Trump might want to just drop this.

KENNEDY CENTER ANGER

DC resident Andrew Howard was walking by the Kennedy Center with his dog George earlier this week, as workers were installing Trump’s name on the building. Howard saw that cameras were recording the scene, so he stopped to let the whole world know how he felt about it.

Howard said: “We should all be shocked. Shocked that a … convicted felon and a thug and by all means a grifter, has just stuck his name on top of a national monument.” He added: “This is a desecration … A narcissistic individual that’s fooled everyone around him … I will never set foot in this building as long as his name is on it.”

Howard’s words went viral and helped inspire a large protest outside of the center on Saturday. Even Dem Sen. Chris Van Hollen showed up, telling the crowd: “This desecration … will not stand. Mark my words, whether it’s a matter of weeks or months, Donald Trump’s name will come down off of the Kennedy Center.”

DOJ’S EPSTEIN FILE FAIL

The fallout over the DOJ’s failure to deliver the Epstein files by the legally required deadline is just beginning. Dem Rep. Ro Khanna and GOP Rep. Thomas Massie said they are drafting articles of impeachment against Bondi over it, as they should.

Folks are furious that the DOJ only released about 10% of the files, which were also heavily redacted. To make matters worse, the search function wasn’t working properly.

In a scorching response, Dem Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said: “Now the cover-up is out in the open. This is far from over. Everyone involved will have to answer for ... protecting a bunch of rapists and pedophiles because they have money, power, and connections. Bondi should resign tonight.”

AOC hit the nail on the head—this is about money, power, and connections. This entire Epstein cover-up proves that there is a justice system for rich people, and then there’s a separate set of rules for folks like us.

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