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Former FBI Assistant special agent Michael Feinberg said he isn’t placing any bets on the longevity of Pam Bondi replacement Todd Blanch if he muscles into his former boss’ old seat at the DOJ. President Donald Trump hurled Bondi out of the office this week in what appears to be frustration at the former AG’s inability to wrestle judges and juries into joining her in targeting and prosecuting Trump's perceived enemies. In September, the president publicly blasted Bondi on social media for failing to get convictions against former F.B.I. director James Comey, Senator Adam Schiff and New York Attorney General Letitia James — even though the DOJ is supposed to act independently of the White House. But DOJ second-in-command (and Trump’s former personal lawyer) Todd Blanche appears eager to make his acting attorney general permanent, while acting equally clueless about Trump’s MAGA base hungering for complete transparency on the Epstein files, according to a recent interview on F...

RadarOnline reports that abuse of the Duggar girls at the hands of family men was known widely enough for complete strangers to visit the house and make sure the girls were safe. “People – strangers – would come to our house at random times to make sure there were locks on the doors and that everybody was sleeping where they were supposed to be sleeping. It was terrifying," claimed Jill Duggar in a recollection she shared in 2023. According to the daughter of the controversial right-wing religious family, she and her sisters had locks on their bedroom doors while growing up. This adds a new level of prowling darkness to the news of brother Joseph Duggar, being arrested for child molestation. Joseph Duggar has since been found guilty of “possessing and receiving” child sexual abuse material. He is currently serving 12 years. Last month, Arkansas police arrested Kendra Duggar, Joseph Duggar’s wife, on an unrelated matter, while father Jim Bob Duggar caught new criticism a...

Republicans are slipping further into despair as markets continue to boil and poll numbers sink into the second month of President Donald Trump’s unilateral declaration of war on Iran. “This is no April Fool's joke. This is disaster," said CNN data analyst Harry Enten of Trump’s dark-deep poll numbers , which sank lower than his hated predecessors, Joe Biden and Jimmy Carter (both of whom were removed by voters). "All these numbers are a disaster for President Trump.” Republican voters and Trump supporters, who have dominated the social media scene on X with rampant cheerleading since billionaire bought Twitter, now appear to be doing a different kind of shouting. “I don’t care how much they suck for the love of God please vote Republican,” wailed one X user . “It's heart breaking. WE NEED TO VOTE REPUBLICAN!!” said another . Others were trying to use fear to drum up MAGA’s slumping interest as the president’s deeply unpopular war plodded on — despite Trump’s...

President Donald Trump fired Attorney General Pam Bondi not because she did her job poorly (although she did), but because she was insufficiently corrupt. At least that is the claim made by expert legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin , who wrote for The New York Times on Thursday that Trump fired Bondi for a “bad” reason, namely her failure to effectively abuse her office to prosecute his political enemies. In September he blasted her publicly for failing to get convictions against former F.B.I. director James Comey, Senator Adam Schiff and New York Attorney General Letitia James, and The Daily Mail reported that Thursday he was also upset she notified Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.), with whom she has a friendly relationship, about an impending investigation into his alleged relationship with an accused Chinese spy. The Daily Mail also reported that Bondi "begged" to keep her job in a "dramatic" scene in the White House. “The fact that Ms. Bondi has failed in these abu...

The Atlanta Journal Constitution reports a Republican-aligned financial services firm agreed Wednesday to repay $6.7 million to more than 40 investors who lost money in the collapse of politically connected First Liberty Building & Loan. The payoff is tied to a widening investigation into a conservative group that created a massive Ponzi scheme primarily afflicting Republican donors. First Liberty Building & Loan’s restitution agreement is merely one facet of the “$140 million … scheme that defrauded some 300 investors overall,” reports AJC. “A recent court filing now contends First Liberty raised about $156 million from investors.” First Liberty once courted conservative-leaning investors and touted its ability to “say yes to borrowers when the big banks said no,” but it shut down last June and took investors’ money with it. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission soon stepped in, filing a lawsuit accusing the company of operating an investment scheme. State agency p...

American Conservative Managing Editor Jude Russo has no patience for President Donald Trump or his lieutenants proposing endless U.S. intervention in Iran for the foreseeable future. He also has no love for their deft use of labels to deny the obvious. “Let’s all give a hand for Marco Rubio, secretary of state, favored champion of the White House, and all-around cretinous worm,” said Russo . “The Amazing Plastic Man — the adjective refers to his flexible principles, not his increasingly inflexible face — was hitting the airwaves this Monday morning to articulate the latest version of what the Trump administration regards as its war aims. Excuse me, military operation aims; President Donald Trump has figured out the One Weird Trick around constitutional checks on executive war powers. You just have to use the right words!” “Well, the war is — this operation, okay — and that’s what this is — is about very specific objectives,” Rubio told ABC’s George Stephanopoulos. Rubio was ther...

President Donald Trump is in a state of political “free fall,” argued an expert on Tuesday, but that does not mean Democrats are poised to capitalize on it. “Donald Trump is in trouble,” wrote Time Magazine senior correspondent Philip Elliott . “Poll after poll show him posting his worst numbers yet. Record crowds took to the streets this weekend in the single largest day of political protest in the nation’s 250-year history. His Department of Homeland Security remains shuttered because his allies in the Republican-led Congress cannot sort out a spending plan. Construction projects like a West Wing ballroom and proposed Miami skyscraper of a presidential library are roundly mocked. Gas prices seem to be coasting toward $5 a gallon, consumer confidence is in freefall, and the joint U.S.-Israeli war against Iran remains deeply unpopular.” Yet despite these theoretical advantages, Elliott warned that Democrats could “stumble” in trying to retake the Senate and House of Representatives...