Bondi Puts on a Shameful Show to Please Trump - The Wednesday AM Quickie 10/8/25
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THE BIG NEWS
Crooked AG Pam Bondi Stonewalls in Senate Hearing, But Stumbles on Key Questions
Before he appointed her Attorney General, Pam Bondi was Donald Trump's personal lawyer, and it's clear she still sees that as her real job – as opposed to upholding the Constitution of the United States as its top officer of the law. In a Senate judiciary committee hearing yesterday on her miserable record in office, Bondi sought to turn the tables on her Democratic interrogators, refusing to answer pressing questions about the regime's abuse of the legal system and instead staying on the attack, even to the point of absurdity. At one point Bondi accused Hawaii Sen. Mazie Hirono of being "antifa." She also suggested California Sen. Adam Schiff should "apologize to Donald Trump for trying to impeach him."
In short, Bondi made a fool of herself and a mockery of the US government. MAGA world was delighted by, sharing one clip after another from the hearing on social media. Her performance was entirely scripted, as a Reuters photographer captured with a snap of Bondi's open briefing book, which was filled with talking points like "You're a total hyprocrite." Wow. Hey. Gotcha.
But, as HuffPost reports, she didn't always stay on message. When Democratic Senators pressed her on what happened to the $50,000 in cash that the FBI handed to regime deportation boss Tom Homan in an undercover bribery sting last year, Bondi lost the plot, and punted to her subordinate, FBI Director Kash Patel. And when Rhode Island Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse asked her repeatedly about "public reporting" that elite sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein showed others "photos of [Donald] Trump with half-naked young women," and whether the FBI had such photos, she simply stared, mute, until Whitehouse moved on. It definitely wasn't a denial!
The top Democrat on the committee, Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin, put the spectacle in its proper, sorry historical context. "What has taken place since January 20th, 2025, would make even President ["Tricky" Dick] Nixon recoil," Durbin said. "This is your legacy, Attorney General Bondi. In eight short months, you fundamentally transformed the Justice Department and left an enormous stain in American history. It will take decades to recover."
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The Clampdown: Texas National Guard Arrives, Unwanted, in Chicago
- Chicago Civil Society Groups Sue Regime Over 'Extreme Brutality' at Protests "Never in modern times has the federal government undermined bedrock constitutional protections on this scale or usurped states' police power by directing federal agents to carry out an illegal mission against the people for the government's own benefit," says the lawsuit filed by Chicago press groups, labor unions, and nonprofits, joined by individual journalists and protesters. via Politico, the Los Angeles Times, and Willamette Week.
- 'Cosplaying' Kirsti Noem Surveys 'War-Ravaged' Portland with Kremlin-Funded Podcaster, Prays Over Hamburgers Donald Trump, meanwhile, shared a deceptively titled clip of a Portland police liason officer talking with protesters to fuel the absurd Republican conspiracy theory that the city's cops are in league with "ANTIFA terrorists." via the Guardian, Oregon Public Broadcasting, and the Oregonian.
- ICE Reports 'Limited Success' Using Social Media Surveillance -- So It's Scaling Up "Under the latest plans, a contractor would use sites such as Facebook, Instagram and X — and could, in addition, use powerful online commercial, law enforcement and federal government databases — to generate leads about 'individuals who pose a danger to national security, risk public safety or otherwise meet ICE enforcement priorities.'" via the Associated Press and Wired.
- Governors and Mayors Refuse to Comply with Regime Push for Rule By Force "This is a man who's suffering dementia," Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker said of Trump yesterday. "This is a man who has something stuck in his head. He can't get it out of his head. He doesn't read. He doesn't know anything that’s up to date. It's just something in the recesses of his brain that is effectuating to have him call out these cities. ... And then, unfortunately, he has the power of the military." via the Chicago Tribune, Willamette Week, the Washington Post, and NBC News.
Supreme Court May Overturn State Bans on Cruel, Unscientific 'Conversion Therapy'
Colorado is one of 25 states that ban licensed healthcare providers from practicing "conversion therapy" on minors at the behest of homophobic parents. But the Supreme Court seems ready to overturn that law, with dire implications for other states that ban the practice and for the health and well-being of LGBTQ+ youth. The Washington Post reports that the court's conservative majority "appeared sympathetic" to a Colorado evangelical "therapist" who claims the ban violates her free speech rights during oral arguments yesterday. As NBC News notes, the practice is "widely discredited by medical organizations" as ineffective and harmful, "increasing the risk of suicide among people subjected to it."
QUICKEST QUICKIES
- Regime Will Illegally Deny Back Pay to Many Federal Workers After Shutdown Meanwhile, the National Air Traffic Controllers Association called for an end to the shutdown as staffing shortages prompted delays for a second day at more airports on the East Coast, Midwest, South and Southwest. via the Washington Post, the New York Times, and NBC News.
- Trump's Son-in-Law Jared Kushner to Join Gaza Ceasefire Talks in Egypt at This 'Critical Stage' Pro-Palestine protests yesterday marked the two-year anniversary of the Hamas attack on Israel and Israel's subsequent campaign of genocide in Gaza. via the New York Times, the Associated Press, and the Guardian.
- Threats Force Rutgers Historian of the Left Mark Bray to Flee to Europe The author of Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook received a threatening email with his home address after Fox News ran a segment on a petition by the New Jersey university's Turning Point USA chapter to have him fired for "put[ting] conservative students at risk for antifa to come in." via the Guardian.
- Party of Argentina's Libertarian Leader and Trump Pal Javier Milei Linked to Industrial-Scale Drug Trafficking Federal court documents in Texas show that accused drug trafficker and money launderer Fred Machado paid José Luis Espert, a key member of Milei's Libertad Avanza party, $200,000 in 2020; Espert denies wrongdoing but withdrew his candidacy in Buenos Aires. via the AP.
SOME NUMBER
15 million
That's how many Americans will lose Medicaid and Affordable Care Act coverage under the Republican budget, according to Vermont independent Sen. Bernie Sanders, who published a new report on the subject yesterday. Those who keep their coverage will see premiums spike, NBC News reports. Speaking of private insurance, ProPublica offers an appeals guide to those who've had claims denied by their insurance companies.
ON THE SHOW TODAY
10/8: Emma will be hosting solo; the guest will be Henri Sulku, editor of Turning Point Magazine and currently sailing to Gaza as a part of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition.
DON'T MISS MR CLIPS
Trump's Thugs Attempt Suffocation of Frog Suit ICE Protester
Don't miss the prelude, where the frog seemingly hypnotizes the feds into falling back.
Zohran's GOP Opponent Says NYC Will Be Fine With Socialist Mayor
"I don't fear socialists, I don't fear communists, I say leave it to the people."
PARTING WORDS
"I heard the cops came. Cocky motherf-ckers, ain’t they? / And ICE is gonna come bust down your door / Try to build a house, no bills no more, well I got a telephone / Kids are all scared and all alone. ...
"Got some bad news: the fading of red, white and blue."
-- Country singer-songwriter Zach Bryan, a "total libertarian" who built his following on Instagram and won a Grammy Award last year, in his latest song. The anti-ICE lyrics infuriated the MAGA loyalists in his fanbase and prompted a response from the Department of Homeland Security.
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