Monthly Archives: July 2025

Pam Bondi Blew It

By J Robert Smith

  • July 11, 2025
  • 2-min read

As I write this, Pam Bondi is coming under increasing fire for her handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case. Reports are that FBI director Kash Patel and his deputy director, Dan Bongino, are “furious” at Bondi for her ineptness in the matter. The report comes via Revolver from Laura Loomer.

The extent of President Trump’s approval of Bondi’s efforts to deep-six the Epstein affair is unknown. Revolver did report that Bill O’Reilly says that Trump has wanted to spare those who may appear on an Epstein list simply because of contact with him. In other words, they committed no crimes but could be the victims of guilt by association.

What matters is that the grassroots are livid. The White House and DOJ are trying to bury what most Americans know is one of the most sordid scandals in U.S. history. Epstein and his handmaiden Ghislaine Maxwell trafficked in underage females for the pleasure of prominent and powerful men – and, who knows, maybe women. They may have done so to blackmail these men. Talk has been that Epstein may have been an asset for U.S. intelligence services, most likely the CIA. There’s some talk that he may have been acting on behalf of Israeli intelligence or acting in coordination with the CIA and the Israelis.

Of course, all that is speculation. At this point, Trump needs to decide that the Epstein matter cannot be stonewalled, unless he wants the firestorm to grow. Trump risks alienating segments of his base voters if they believe the truth is being concealed for political or other purposes.

The likely outcome should be that Pam Bondi resigns to save face. If she doesn’t resign, then the president needs to fire her and commit to a quick disclosure of everything the DOJ and other federal agencies possess on a truly evil man, Jeffrey Epstein.

Then make Kash Pastel attorney general and Dan Bongino FBI director.

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Will House RINOs Bail on the One, Big, Beautiful Bill?

By J Robert Smith

  • July 2, 2925
  • 2-min read

Reports Breitbart, July 1:

“Representative Maxwell Frost (D-FL) said Tuesday on MSNBC’s “The Briefing” that President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful” domestic policy package passed by the Senate has at least 20 Republican Representatives who are currently no votes.”

Never put treachery or cowardice past RINOs. But bailing on Trump’s signature legislation would cost so-called moderate Republicans dearly. The president has a lot of tools in his toolbox to deal with recalcitrant House Republicans. There are dozens of favors that the White House could withhold from representatives who are up for election next year. Speaker Mike Johnson, likewise, could withhold monies and favors, including reelection support.

The leverage that the RINOs enjoy, however, is that the GOP has a razor-thin majority in the House. The Republican majority couldn’t function without the support of moderates. It’s something of a standoff, but an angry Donald Trump might not care. If moderates fail to support the continuing resolution, Trump is capable of going scorched earth.

What will happen is that Speaker Johnson and his team will make some accommodations to his members who have issues with the Senate version of the CR. The amended version will go to a conference committee (that’s a House-Senate confab) that will negotiate further compromises. The conference bill will then be voted on by the House and Senate.

Frost admitted that Republicans – moderates and fiscal conservatives like Chip Roy – are more than likely to cave. Said Frost:

“Now we’ve got to be honest all the time, the moderates on the Republican side always fold. They put up a little fight. So that way, they have some footage that they can put behind their ads during election time, and then they fold right away. The far right kind of Freedom Caucus folks, most of the time, they fold. Sometimes they stick to it. So we’ll see. Right now, we’re having conversations with a lot of them behind the scenes. But you, one of the most important conversations, the most impactful ones, are actually constituents and the people reaching out. That’s why the big strategy right now is delay, delay, delay. Every minute we keep this bill from passing, it becomes even more unpopular.”

There you have it. Delay is the Democrats’ big weapon. Mike Johnson and John Thune need to move heaven and earth to get balky Republicans onboard and pass the One, Big, Beautiful Bill no later than next week, latest. Twist arms, trade favors – whatever. Get it done.

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