Welcome wagon greets TOM in Scotland

 

July 25, 2025 (186/1461)

Oh how I wish we could do this in every state and town that TOM visits I our country. Oh how I wish! Can you imagine the retribution The National is about to receive?

Of course we’re all paying for this boondoggle. TOM claims he’ll be doing some work. Right. Sure he will. “President Donald Trump is traveling to Scotland on Friday as his family’s business prepares for the Aug. 13 opening of a new golf course in Aberdeenshire billed as “the greatest 36 holes in golf.”

While there, Trump will talk trade with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, a meeting he’s said will take place at “probably one of my properties.”

Using this week’s presidential overseas trip — with its sprawling entourage of advisers, White House and support staffers, Secret Service agents and reporters — to help show off Trump-brand golf destinations demonstrates how the president has become increasingly comfortable intermingling his governing pursuits with promoting his family’s business interests.” Why should he not? He has yet to be truly punished for bad behavior. Heck, he’ll probably take 40 copies of the paper above home and plaster a bathroom at Mar a Lago.

Europe is stacking them up today against TOM. French President Macron has publicly declared France will acknowledge a Palestinian state. “French President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday that France will recognize Palestinian statehood, a largely symbolic move but one that puts a leading, global nation at odds with Israel’s push for countries to hold off on recognizing Palestinian statehood until a resolution of the decades-old conflict. 

Macron, in a statement on the social platform X, said the move is part of a commitment to “a just and lasting peace in the Middle East” and that he will make the “solemn announcement” ahead of the United Nations General Assembly in September. Macron said he received unnamed commitments from Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas that made it possible to move forward with his announcement on Thursday. France is expected to host, alongside Saudi Arabia, a conference on achieving a two-state solution to the Israeli and Palestinian conflict at the upcoming U.N. General Assembly in September.

“The French people want peace in the Middle East. It is up to us, the French, together with the Israelis, the Palestinians, and our European and international partners, to demonstrate that it is possible,” Macron said.” And wouldn’t it just be the cherry on the top of the sundae if Macron were to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. Not TOM. I might fly to Oslo just to watch it.

The continued campaign to both stifle and control the media (i.e. like the press in It Can’t Happen Here) TOM has issued an ultimatum to mainstream media. “On Tuesday, July 22, President Trump called his recent settlement with Paramount a victory over the mainstream media. In a post on Truth Social, Trump said the agreement stemmed from a “60 Minutes” interview with former Vice President Kamala Harris that aired during the 2024 presidential race, a segment he claims was deceptively edited. The post also included a warning to other major media companies, with Trump declaring that outlets such as The Wall Street Journal, CNN, The New York Times and The Washington Post were “on notice.” During the week of July 20, Trump’s scrutiny returned after “The View” cohost Joy Behar said the president is only targeting former President Barack Obama because he is jealous of him. The comment came after Trump’s claims that Obama is guilty of treason over election interference. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr responded to Behar’s comments during an appearance on Fox News Thursday morning, July 24, saying President Trump is exposing “media gatekeepers” and warning that there will be consequences, some “that aren’t quite finished.” No intimidation meant there. Not at all.

Hegsloth on the Hot Seat again

 

July 24, 2025 (185/1461)

Wonder how Hegsloth is going to squeak out of this one. His own internal popo have called out his idiocy. “The Pentagon's internal watchdog has obtained evidence that encrypted messages sent from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's Signal account included details from a classified email, according to two senior American officials with knowledge of the matter.

The chat messages listed out information on a planned U.S. bombing operation in Yemen in March, and were sent to several Trump administration officials in a Signal group — which became public when a reporter was inadvertently added to the chat. At the time, administration officials denied that any classified information was shared in the chat.

Key information in the messages was derived from a classified email marked "SECRET//NOFORN," said the two officials, who both requested anonymity to speak about an ongoing investigation into top Trump administration officials. The "SECRET" designation means that the information was classified and the disclosure of this information could potentially cause serious damage to national security, potentially jeopardizing the safety of service members. The "NOFORN" label means the information can only be disseminated to U.S. agencies and individuals, excluding foreign nationals and even close U.S. allies.”

Ghislaine Maxwell is in the hot seat today. They set this up quick as a bunny with DOJ. “Justice Department officials are set to meet on Thursday with Ghislaine Maxwell, the imprisoned girlfriend of financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, according to a person familiar with the matter.

The meeting in Florida, which Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said on Tuesday he was working to arrange, is part of an ongoing Justice Department effort to cast itself as transparent following fierce backlash from parts of President Donald Trump’s base over an earlier refusal to release additional records in the Epstein investigation.”

In what could be considered a stalking move, TOM is going to Powell’s house. Not good enough to troll him on Truth Social, he’s going to the man’s house and prowling around. For optics? For sure. For any really good reason? Surely not. “President Trump will make a personal visit to the Federal Reserve on Thursday afternoon as the White House increases its pressure on the Fed’s chairman and seeks any opening to divert attention from its handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case.

The visit, announced by the White House late Wednesday, appeared to be part of the administration’s relentless campaign against the Fed chairman, Jerome H. Powell. He has faced repeated attacks from Mr. Trump and his allies over the Fed’s management of the economy, its unwillingness to lower interest rates and the renovations underway at its headquarters in Washington. Presidents rarely visit the Fed in an official capacity. That is because the central bank seeks to be independent from the White House, a separation that is seen as crucial to ensuring its acts are free of political influence.”

TOM finally got Columbia to succumb. “Presidents rarely visit the Fed in an official capacity. That is because the central bank seeks to be independent from the White House, a separation that is seen as crucial to ensuring its acts are free of political influence. The school will pay a $200 million settlement to the federal government over a three-year period and another $21 million to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).” How can anyone not see this as what it truly is? Extortion! The king has put out his hand for money and the quaking subjects of the kingdom and averting their eyes and handing up the payola on bended knee.

We almost forgot how much TOM hates Obama.....almost

 

July 23, 2025 (184/1461)

Like the true narcissist he is, TOM has circled back to an old target. Obama! You almost forgot he hated Obama, didn’t you? With all of the The Demise of the World is Joe’s Fault rhetoric, it would be hard to recall Obama was actaully the devil incarnate. “President Donald Trump rehashed longstanding grievances over the Russia investigation that shadowed much of his first term, lashing out Tuesday following a new report from his intelligence director aimed at casting doubt on long-established findings about Moscow’s interference in the 2016 election.

“It’s time to go after people,” Trump said from the Oval Office as he repeated a baseless claim that former President Barack Obama and other officials had engaged in treason.”  The distraction tactic to ignore the man behind the curtain is evident for all to see. “The backward-looking inquiries are taking place even as the Republican administration’s national security agencies are confronting global threats. But they have served as a rallying cry for Trump, who is trying to unify a political base at odds over the Jeffrey Epstein case, with some allies pressing to disclose more information despite the president’s push to turn the page.”

From Obama’s offices: “Our office does not normally dignify the constant nonsense and misinformation flowing out of this White House with a response,” said Patrick Rodenbush, an Obama spokesman. “But these claims are outrageous enough to merit one. These bizarre allegations are ridiculous and a weak attempt at distraction.” Indeed. How can people not call TOM unhinged and mentally unstable when he walks around spouting shite like this? And he says Joe was unfit? Doddering is one thing. Dangerous is completely different.

A judge has turned down the request for the release of the Epstein grand jury records, but Ghislaine Maxwell has been called to testify before the The House Oversight Committee. “The committee ordered that Maxwell, a convicted sex offender and girlfriend of the late Jeffrey Epstein, testify before committee officials on August 11. Lawmakers and staff will conduct her deposition at the Federal Correctional Institution in Tallahassee, where Maxwell is imprisoned. House Speaker Mike Johnson said during a press conference that he doubted if Maxwell can “be counted on to tell the truth” but said he supported Oversight Committee Chair James Comer’s investigation.” Johnson again setting the stage to protect TOM. She’s gonna lie. We know she’s gonna lie. Everything she says will be lies.

Here's a $10 million “cut off your nose to spite your face” story. “U.S.-funded contraceptives worth nearly $10 million, stored in a warehouse in Geel, Belgium, are being sent to France for incineration in 2025. The destruction follows President Donald Trump’s freeze on foreign aid and the reinstatement of the Mexico City policy, which restricts funding to abortion-related services.

Offers from MSI Reproductive Choices and the United Nations to cover repackaging, shipping and costs were declined as the U.S. government required full market value sales.

The contraceptives, which include pills, implants and IUDs meant for poor countries, will expire between 2027 and 2031. The incineration will cost $160,000, drawing criticism as an ideological assault on reproductive rights.

Lawmakers have introduced bills to stop the destruction, but ideological barriers and failed negotiations suggest the supplies will be destroyed, causing harm to women’s health in affected regions.” TOM is do dead set on sticking to the party line of not funding abortions in any way, shape, or form that he will toss $10 million into the fire. Literal fire. I wonder what the title of the book will be for this? Fahrenheit 451 is paper burning temp. What is the contraceptive equivalent?