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Today's News, July 8-9, 2025
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IN POLITICAL NEWS
1) Showing once again that she not only is the stupidest female on the Supreme Court, but the stupidest member ever, Jumpin' Jackson Brown was the lone dissent in a ruling that cleared the way for President Trump to resume mass firings in the federal government. It was so obvious that even the "wise Latina" had to vote with the conservatives and Kagan, who increasingly has been a vote-switcher.
2) In what is apparently the only thing the MAGA blogosphere is concerned about, AG Pam Bondi clarified her earlier comment this year that the Epstein "client list" was "sitting on her desk." She also (possibly rightly) denied any knowledge of whether ol' Eppie was a foreign agent. This won't go away, on the one hand, and on the other, Trump appears fed up with the attention this is getting and appears to be fully supportive of Bondi. He should be. Her DOJ has won every single case that has reached a final resolution brought against the administration. That, combined with the mass trafficking arrests so far that I personally (just my opinion) think are directly the result of Epstein leads, make her an excellent AG in my book. MAGA wants symbolic heads on platters. Trump and Bondi, it appears, are far more interested in real, daily indictments of criminals currently among us. Meanwhile, Elon Musk led the right-wing meltdown. Nevertheless, online sleuths noticed that there was a full minute of footage missing in the jail cell video.
3) Douglas Mackey, better known as "Ricky Vaughn" on Twitter, was arrested and jailed for a meme in which he urged people to vote on the wrong day. The Second Circuit Court threw out his conviction for lack of evidence, and remanded it to the district court with orders to dismiss. Douglas should get major restitution from the U.S. government for his heinous act.
4) The TSA is eliminating the requirement that passengers have to remove their shoes before boarding an airplane. Now, can we remove the TSA and restore in-flight meals?
5) Here are six very positive trends for the USA.
6) President Trump extended the federal hiring freeze until October. I'm guessing he'll extend it every few months from here on until 2028.
7) Pretty