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07/18/2025 03:57 PM "Enigmas Never Age, Have You Noticed That?" [by airforce]
The internet is losing its mind over this. Here's Liz Wolfe of Reason on the Wall Street Journal story everyobe is talking about.

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Yesterday, The Wall Street Journal published new revelations about the relationship between financier/pedophile Jeffrey Epstein and President Donald Trump. For Epstein's 50th birthday, his longtime partner Ghislaine Maxwell put together a leather-bound book with notes from his friends. One was allegedly written and signed by Trump.

Trump's entry "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," reports The Wall Street Journal. The text within the naked-lady outline appears to be an imagined conversation between Epstein and Trump. "Voice Over: There must be more to life than having everything," the note begins.

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Donald: Yes, there is, but I won't tell you what it is.

Jeffrey: Nor will I, since I also know what it is.

Donald: We have certain things in common, Jeffrey.

Jeffrey: Yes, we do, come to think of it.

Donald: Enigmas never age, have you noticed that?

Jeffrey: As a matter of fact, it was clear to me the last time I saw you.

Trump: A pal is a wonderful thing. Happy Birthday—and may every day be another wonderful secret.[/i]


"This is not me," said Trump. "This is a fake thing. It's a fake [i]Wall Street Journal
story. I never wrote a picture in my life. I don't draw pictures of women," he said. "It's not my language. It's not my words."

Epstein has a long track record of sexually abusing young girls. He died in 2019 in jail under circumstances still debated to this day (suicide? Offed by someone who wanted him dead?) after being arrested by the FBI on sex trafficking charges. This was his second round: In 2008, he had pleaded guilty to a state charge of procuring a minor for prostitution and served 18 months; he had received extraordinarily lenient treatment in prison, which sure looked a bit like corruption. His associate/girlfriend, Maxwell, was convicted in 2021 for sex trafficking and conspiracy, helping Epstein procure girls as young as 14 for prostitution.

An outstanding question is how much his rich and famous friends knew about his perversions and horrifying crimes. "I've known Jeff for 15 years," Trump told New York magazine back in 2002. "Terrific guy."

"It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side," said Trump. "No doubt about it—Jeffrey enjoys his social life."

Trump appears all over Epstein's flight logs, indicating he took trips with him on his private jet: Trump's name appears four times in 1993, once in 1994, once in 1995, and once in 1997. One of Epstein's victims said she was recruited by Epstein while at Trump's club, Mar-a-Lago, and that she was "passed around like a platter of fruit" as a teenager to the rich and famous of Palm Beach. (The woman who was abused as a teenager died by suicide earlier this year.)

Trump's base has long been riled up about what the government might be hiding about Epstein, and Trump has at times stoked this, at other times hedged, saying that there might be "phony stuff in there." The Department of Justice and the FBI under Trump have indicated that the uncovered Epstein files don't include evidence that justifies further, deeper investigations into specific linked parties. "The video recordings of child sexual abuse material found by investigators were not videos that Mr. Epstein recorded of crimes by himself or his friends, but material he downloaded," according to Attorney General Pam Bondi, per a New York Times writeup. Phase 1 of the Epstein files release—initially lauded as a Trump administration attempt at transparency—came under lots of heat because a) they were released to various right-wing influencers who don't have great reporting chops, per se, and b) they didn't really contain anything new or of note that wasn't already public.

"I don't understand it—why they would be so interested," Trump said of his base. "He's dead for a long time. He was never a big factor in terms of life. I don't understand what the interest or what the fascination is, I really don't."

Now, following The Wall Street Journal's reporting on the Trump signature-as-pubic-hair story and the "enigmas never age" thing, Trump has threatened to sue the Journal.

"The Wall Street Journal, and Rupert Murdoch, personally, were warned directly by President Donald J. Trump that the supposed letter they printed by President Trump to Epstein was a FAKE and, if they print it, they will be sued. Mr. Murdoch stated that he would take care of it but, obviously, did not have the power to do so. The Editor of The Wall Street Journal, Emma Tucker, was told directly by Karoline Leavitt, and by President Trump, that the letter was a FAKE, but Emma Tucker didn't want to hear that. Instead, they are going with a false, malicious, and defamatory story anyway. President Trump will be suing The Wall Street Journal, NewsCorp, and Mr. Murdoch, shortly," Trump wrote on Truth Social. "The Press has to learn to be truthful, and not rely on sources that probably don't even exist. President Trump has already beaten George Stephanopoulos/ABC, 60 Minutes/CBS, and others, and looks forward to suing and holding accountable the once great Wall Street Journal. It has truly turned out to be a 'Disgusting and Filthy Rag' and, writing defamatory lies like this, shows their desperation to remain relevant. If there were any truth at all on the Epstein Hoax, as it pertains to President Trump, this information would have been revealed by Comey, Brennan, Crooked Hillary, and other Radical Left Lunatics years ago. It certainly would not have sat in a file waiting for 'TRUMP' to have won three Elections. This is yet another example of FAKE NEWS!"

I like that he says "sources that probably don't exist" (emphasis mine). He seems moderately sure that this defense will work, but not completely, like he wants to keep the door open to take another tack if need be. And now, vast swaths of the right wing keep coming to Trump's defense, claiming the Journal—not a particularly left-wing paper, mind you!—fabricated it all.









I don't know what's true or false here, what's being hidden, what the Journal's sourcing is like (though they tend to be pretty careful with their reporting), what is boilerplate bawdiness versus admission of knowledge of Epstein's crimes. I won't claim to. I do find it extremely implausible, though, that you can be friends with someone for decades, and travel with them on their private jet, and have no awareness of their horrifying and perverted sex crimes. Powerful people enabled this man in some form. I can't judge the extent of their knowledge; I shudder at the extent of their soul-rot. Also, it's a little wild that Trump indulged the conspiracy-obsessed wing of his base, and then has now chosen to backpedal and be rather dismissive of them. Will this create political backlash within Trumpworld, or does their loyalty to him run deeper than this?


I've been a subscriber to the Wall Street Journal for decades now. I've always valued their reporting (though I hated it when they stopped printing complete stock listings). Let's just say I find this story "unlikely."

Onward and upward,
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06/14/2025 07:59 PM Vance Luther Boelter Tied to Shootings [by airforce]
He had ties to Gov. Tim Walz. Don't know if it's related, but Rep. Hortman recently supported repealing healthcare benefits for illegal aliens.



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The suspect in the assassinations of former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, as well as the shooting of State Senator John Hoffman and his wife, has reportedly been identified.

“I'm told by a police source in Minnesota the suspect in the shootings of MN state lawmakers is Vance Luther Boelter,” Julio Rosas of The Blaze reports on X. “It appears it is the same Boelter who was appointed to the Governor’s Workforce Development Board in 2019 by Gov. Tim Walz. He appointed to the Governor's Workforce Development Council in 2016 by then-Gov. Mark Dayton.”

According to the AP, "Two people familiar with the matter identified the suspect being sought as 57-year-old Vance Boelter. The people could not publicly discuss details of the ongoing investigation and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity."

“Because of the special trust and confidence I have in your integrity, judgment, and ability, I have appointed and commissioned you to have and to hold the office of Business Member [to the] Governor’s Workforce Development Board,” Boelter's notice of appointment reads.

Boelter's term began Dec. 14, 2019, and ended Jan. 2, 2023.


Governor Tim Walz labeled the shooting a “politically motivated assassination,” and authorities recovered a manifesto naming both Democrat and Republican lawmakers as targets. The shooter, dressed as a police officer, struck both homes in the early hours of Saturday morning. The attacks come amid rising political tensions and coincide with the now-canceled “No Kings” protests planned in Minneapolis.

"We’re here today because an unspeakable tragedy has unfolded in Minnesota," Walz said at a press conference on Saturday. "My good friend and colleague Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, were shot and killed earlier this morning in what appears to be a politically motivated assassination."

Meta has blocked the Facebook account linked to Vance Luther Boelter.

Attorney General Pam Bondi confirmed the FBI is involved in the ongoing investigation. "I am closely monitoring developments in Minnesota after what appears to be a targeted attack against state lawmakers," she said in a statement. "The FBI is on the ground investigating this case alongside state and local partners. This horrific violence will not be tolerated and will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law."

President Trump has also issued a statement.

"I have been briefed on the terrible shooting that took place in Minnesota, which appears to be a targeted attack against State Lawmakers,” Trump said. “Our Attorney General, Pam Bondi, and the FBI, are investigating the situation, and they will be prosecuting anyone involved to the fullest extent of the law. Such horrific violence will not be tolerated in the United States of America.”


Onward and upward,
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06/13/2025 10:42 PM AmCON 3 [by ConSigCor]


Due to the ongoing waves of strategic airstrikes by Israel against Iranian military, leadership, and nuclear facilities. there is a very high likelihood of cyber attacks by Iranian assets, as well as by other actors aligned with Iran. In the previous 24 hours there have been cyber attacks against nation-state websites and other online services in Europe and the middle-east. Today (Thursday) there were numerous reported disruptions to internet-based communications services (sources being compiled now), with no confirmed cause or responsible parties named.

AmRRON will remain at AmCON 3 until further notice, and we will continuously be monitoring the situation. Additional changes to the AmCON level, and any special instructions or guidance, will be posted here, as well as through the AmRRON member Telegram Channel, the AmRRON Corps Z-Net, and the AmRRON Mobile Team App.

Special instructions:

Inspections and functions checks on communications equipment, backup power supply systems, and all supporting equipment, etc.
Replace batteries or charge all batteries, top off fuel supplies
Avoid unnecessary travel

In the event of grid down:

Check local radio and television news sources for additional information
If local news is offline, tune to local scanner and VHF/UHF (ham) repeaters to ascertain any additional information
Tune in to the AmRRON digital HF Persistent Presence Net and monitor while you are producing your initial STATREP
Submit your STATREP over HF via Commstat (preferrably), or by FLMSG, or plain text, at your earliest opportunity
Tier 4+, Tier 5, and Tier 6 stations collect all available STATREPs and summarize the information for your Initial Event Summary
Refer to your Signals Operating Instructions to identify the next scheduled net
Follow instructions of NCS and have any traffic (SITREPs if reporting an event with details or narrative) prepared and ready to send
NCSs will ask for any Priority (or higher) traffic for the net. Transmit your call sign, state, and the precedence level of your traffic (Example 1 PPP indicates one piece of Priority traffic). NCS will then ask for Routine traffic after Priority or higher traffic is handled.
Any changes to the net schedule or additional instructions and guidance will be relayed over the Persistent Presence Nets and scheduled nets.
All official traffic from AmRRON National will be authenticated (digitally signed) using the ‘AmRRON Actual’ PGP key, as is standard practice.
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06/13/2025 04:45 AM The iran-Israeli War [by airforce]
The fighting has just begun, but it sure sounds like the victory will very likely go to Israel. They've decapitated the Iranian leadership and the nuclear scientists, and they seem determined to continue the attacks until Iran is no longer a threat. The very fact that Iran hasn't responded yet seems to indicate they are in disarray.

But I'm a trapper, and I know it ain't over until it's over. A rapped coyote won't give up until it's dead,and a trapped raccoon will tear your leg off given half a chance. There's still a lot of fighting to be done, but I just don't see Iran coming out of this with very much power left.

Onward and upward,
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06/10/2025 05:22 PM June 14 "No Kings" Protests [by airforce]


www.nokings.org

Something tells me they've been planning this for a while. gee, I wonder who's bankroling all this?

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I'm not calling it the Mexican Revolution, either.

This group of communist, socialist, progressive turds has everyone involved who you'd imagine would be at a super-secret High Table meeting in a remote location last fall to plot a violent, nationwide opposition to Trump sometime during the next Summer of Love.

Oh, hello.

THEY'RE BACK

And do they ever have their advertising spiel together already.

Snappy af graphics and organization links all locked on.

On June 14th, President Trump shares a birthday with the US Army, and it just happens to be their 250th. In the words of our former rumored president, that's a BFD in anyone's book, so there's a planned military review and parade in D.C. that day to celebrate.

Which is irritating the Schlitz out of the malcontents....


Read the whole thing at the link. And, on June 14 (this coming Saturday), watch your 6. This could get interesting.

Onward and upward,
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