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FBI Raids John Bolton's House - The Friday AM Quickie 8/22/25

By Corey Pein —

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THE BIG NEWS

Breaking: FBI Raids Home of Former White House Adviser John Bolton in Purge of Trump's 'Deep State' Enemies

Donald Trump managed to avoid a prison sentence when he was charged with mishandling classified documents after his first term. His former foreign policy adviser-turned-critic, John Bolton, may not be so lucky. The Bulwark and the New York Post report that FBI agents raided Bolton's Bethesda, Maryland home this morning on the orders of Trump's FBI director, Kash Patel, who dubbed Bolton a member of the enemy "Deep State" in his 2023 book, "Government Gangsters" (not to be confused with his 2022 children's book, "The Plot Against the King.") Patel cryptically referenced the Bolton raid in a social media post, writing "NO ONE is above the law... FBI agents on a mission."

According to the Associated Press, Bolton has not been arrested or criminally charged. More on this next week.

Trumpocalypse: Judge Rules New Construction on Florida's 'Alligator Alcatraz' Concentration Camp Must Cease

  • With 'Continuous Vetting,' Regime Places All 55 Million US Visa Holders Under Surveillance The State Department says it's looking for evidence of, among other things, "terrorist activity or providing support to a terrorist organization," which presumably means protesting or criticizing Israel. via the Associated Press, Politico, and NBC News.
  • Supreme Court OK's $800 Million in Cuts to Federal Grants to Improve Minority Health in 5-4 Decision Meanwhile in Atlanta, some 600 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention workers got fired this week, while they were still reckoning with the fallout of the Aug. 8 attack on their offices by a crazed antivax gunman. via NBC News, the Washington Post, and ProPublica.
  • Less Than a Week After Trump Met Putin, Russia Launches 40 Missiles and 600 Drones at US-Owned Factory in Ukraine Meanwhile, Laura Loomer's ongoing purge of the national security ranks has gotten a number of Russia experts fired amid the regime's fruitless diplomatic push. via the Washington Post, the New York Times, and Reuters.
  • Rambling Dotard Awards Hamburgers to Regime Forces Occupying Washington, DC Meanwhile, street art praising Sandwich Guy, aka Sean Charles Dunn, the former Justice Department paralegal caught on video throwing a salami hoagie at a "fascist" federal officer, has popped up around the city. via HuffPost, the Washington Post, and Politico.
  • Trump's Pick for US Attorney in New Jersey, Alina Habba, Has No Legal Authority, Federal Judge Rules Habba, who served as a Trump campaign spokesperson, "had no experience in criminal law" prior to appointment in March, soon after which she told a podcaster "that she hoped to use her job in the traditionally nonpartisan office to help Republicans 'turn New Jersey red.'" via the New York Times and Politico.
  • New York Appeals Court Judges Throw Out $527 Million Civil Fraud Judgement Against Trump Donald and Don Jr. celebrated the victory by taking to social media to attack New York Attorney General Letitia James, who said the decision nevertheless "affirmed the well-supported finding of the trial court: Donald Trump, his company, and two of his children are liable for fraud." via the AP and NBC News.
  • White House Lists 'Woke' Smithsonian Exhibits Trump Wants to Replace With White Supremacist Propaganda Artist Rigoberto A. González hopes the censorship of his painting of a family crossing the US southern border will interest buyers in his work, but says at the same time, it reminds him of the Nazi war on "degenerate art." via the Washington Post and the New York Times.
  • Tiffany Trump's Husband and His Cousin Overcharged Brother-in-Law Jared Kushner By $2.5 Million to Buy an Unfinished Superyacht There's a slapstick quality to the failed business deals of Lebanese-American businessman Michael Boulos and his family, who "almost immediately" sought to profit upon his engagement to Trump's daughter. via the New York Times.

Minnesota Democrats Pull Endorsement of Leftist Hopeful Omar Fateh

In a move the Minnesota Star Tribune calls "unprecedented," the state's Democratic Farmer-Labor Party revoked its endorsement of Minneapolis mayoral candidate Omar Fateh, a democratic socialist challenging incumbent Mayor Jacob Frey. The DFL's rules committee made the decision, citing "substantial failures in the convention’s voting process" that led to the endorsement in July. Fateh, the first Muslim to serve in the state senate, has been called "the Minnesota Mamdani" for his leftist positions. Fateh co-campaign manager Graham Falkner says "28 mostly out-state, establishment Democrats, including many Frey donors and supporters, met privately and voted to overturn the will of Minneapolis residents." He continues:

"'Our campaign sees this for what it is: disenfranchisement of thousands of Minneapolis caucus-goers and the delegates who represented all of us on convention day. The establishment is threatened by our message. They are scared of a politics that really stands up to corporate interests and with our working class neighbors,' Faulkner said in a statement.
"He said the revoked endorsement will not slow Fateh’s campaign: 'We're going to win.'"

Fresh Indictments of Eric Adams' Inner Circle Detail Corruption of NYC City Hall

Manhattan prosecutors yesterday unsealed corruption indictments of the chief adviser to New York City Mayor-Cop Eric Adams, Ingrid Lewis-Martin; her son, and five other Adams associates. "If you were willing to pay, Ms. Lewis-Martin was open for business," assistant DA Guy Tardanico said at a hearing yesterday, per the New York Times. In one instance, she took a $50,000 bribe from a Queens karaoke bar owner who needed red tape cleared up; in another, she killed a bike lane project on a dangerous street in Brooklyn to please real estate interests who showered her with gifts including clothing from Bloomingdale's. "While New Yorkers struggle to afford the most expensive city in America, Eric Adams and his administration are too busy tripping over corruption charges to come to their defense," Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani says.

In a separate story, the Times says the attempted bribe of a reporter this week by Adams fundraiser Winnie Greco was not the first such incident, and that Adams supporters handed out cash envelopes to Chinese-language journalists at three separate events in July. Now you tell us! Guess those flimsy anti-Mamdani stories were more important at the time.

QUICKEST QUICKIES

  • Gov. Gavin Newsom Signs Bill to Redraw California's Congressional Map and Fight Trump's Texas Gerrymander “Nothing about this is normal, and so we're not going to act as if anything is normal any longer," Newsom says. "We are going to fight back, and we’re going to punch this bully in the mouth, and we’re going to win." via the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, and NBC News.
  • No Degree Required: Dan Bongino and Kash Patel Are Lowering FBI Recruiting Standards Meanwhile, the Pentagon is encouraging civilian workers to join a "volunteer force" backing up ICE's mass deportation campaign. via the Washington Post, the Guardian, and the Associated Press.
  • Ukrainian Man Arrested in Italy on German Warrant for Sabotage of Nord Stream 2 Pipeline "Prosecutors said Serhii K. is suspected of being part of a group that allegedly placed explosives on the pipelines after hiring a sailing yacht that departed from Rostock, on Germany's Baltic coast." via the Washington Post.
  • 'A Rare Glimmer of Hope': China's Massive Investment in Solar Power Is Cutting Carbon Emissions Last month, officials unveiled the world's largest solar farm under construction on the Tibetan plateau, which, when finished, will be the size of Chicago. via the AP.

SOME NUMBER

83 percent

That's the share of Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in Gaza who were civilians, according to the Israeli military's own intelligence database, as revealed in a joint investigation by the Guardian, +972 Magazine, and Local Call. Israel began bombing Gaza City last night as a prelude to the full military takeover promised by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

ON THE SHOW TODAY

8/22: Happy Friday! Today's guests will be Derek Davison, publisher of the Foreign Exchanges newsletter and co-host of the American Prestige podcast; and Eleanor Janega, medieval historian and author of "The Once and Future Sex: Going Medieval on Woman's Role in Society."

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PARTING WORDS

"Right now, the NLRB is the only federal body that investigates unfair labor practices, certifies unions, and compels bargaining. If it's defunct, there is no backup system. That means workers fired for union activity? No remedy. Employers refusing to bargain? No consequences. Organizing elections? Suspended indefinitely."

-- Labor attorney Benjamin Dictor, responding to a Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals decision this week in favor of Nazi-saluting oligarch Elon Musk's challenge to the constitutionality of the National Labor Relations Board. The ruling by the notoriously rightwing court opens labor board members to firing by the White House. The NLRB is expected to appeal the decision, which Vermont independent Sen. Bernie Sanders calls "disastrous."

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