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Hillary Clinton's opening statement to House Oversight Committee

(Hillary Clinton) "As we all know ... too often Congressional investigations are partisan political theater, which is an abdication of duty and an insult to the American people. The Committee justified its subpoena to me based on its assumption that I have information regarding the investigations into the criminal activities of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. Let me be as clear as I can. I do not."

Miles Archer

Republicans Dragged Hillary Clinton Back Into the Spotlight. They're Going to Regret It.

(Daily Beast) If you’ve noticed Hillary Clinton everywhere again, it’s not because she has launched a comeback tour. It’s because Republicans still just cannot quit her. Despite the fact that she is not mentioned in the “Epstein files,” House Oversight Chair James Comer has subpoenaed her to testify today. (Her husband, Bill Clinton, will testify tomorrow.) It seems Republicans believe that Clinton can provide a distraction—or at least a new punching bag—in the scandal that has dogged the Trump administration for months. In forcing Clinton back into the spotlight, Republicans may have accidentally handed Democrats a gift.

BumRushDaShow

Justice Department says it's reviewing whether any Epstein-related records were mistakenly withheld

(AP) The Justice Department said Wednesday that it was looking into whether it had improperly withheld documents from the Jeffrey Epstein files after several news organizations reported that some records involving uncorroborated accusations made by a woman against President Donald Trump were not among those released to the public. The announcement followed news reports saying that a massive tranche of records released by the Justice Department did not include several summaries of interviews that the FBI conducted with an unidentified woman who came forward after Epstein’s 2019 arrest and claimed to have been sexually assaulted by both Trump and Epstein when she was a minor in the 1980s.

Dulcinea

Vance launches into Trump's 'war on fraud' by suspending Medicaid payments to Minnesota

(NBC News) Vice President JD Vance got a new assignment Tuesday night: fighting a “war on fraud” that President Donald Trump declared in his State of the Union address. Vance, joined by Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Mehmet Oz, announced the opening salvo in the effort Wednesday: a pause on federal Medicaid reimbursements to Minnesota.

Dulcinea

Republicans are freaking out over Texas Senate race

(Politico) With just days until Texas’ primary, Republicans in Washington are growing more alarmed that their increasingly vicious intraparty contest could cost them a must-win Senate seat. Sen. John Cornyn appears to be headed to an expensive and nasty 10-week runoff against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, with a strong chance that Paxton wins the nomination even after national Republicans spent months airing his dirty laundry all over the Texas airwaves in an effort to boost Cornyn.

KS Toronado

Thursday's Condensed News Cartoons

marmar

Trump sends Supreme Court clear message: I am the law

(Salon) In Donald Trump’s mind, he is the state, and justice is whatever serves his interests. This is the logic of absolute monarchs, dictators and tyrants, and although it is antithetical to the Constitution and America’s founding principles, the president makes sure to put it on full display. Trump views the courts as his personal servants, not as a co-equal branch of government. By attacking the justices and suggesting they are pawns of some non-existent foreign conspiracy, he is simultaneously imperiling their safety and undermining the Constitution by suggesting they are traitors who are serving foreign interests, making them illegitimate.

sop

'FBI fires agents who scrutinized Patel in Trump documents case'

(MS NOW) The FBI has fired at least 10 agents and support staff over allegations that they obtained phone records connected to FBI Director Kash Patel and White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles as part of the investigation into Donald Trump’s mishandling of classified documents, four people briefed on the matter told MS NOW. An FBI spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the terminations.

BumRushDaShow

'Women aren't less than': Team USA women's hockey players respond to Trump's joke

(NBC News) Members of Team USA's women's hockey team say they don't want their Olympic gold medal achievement to be overshadowed by the backlash over President Donald Trump's joke about having to invite them to the White House during a call to the men's team. Trump called the men's hockey team, still celebrating in the locker room after its own 2-1 gold medal win against Canada on Sunday, and invited the men to Tuesday's State of the Union address. But his joke during the phone call about also having to invite the women and the subsequent laughter from the men, which was captured on video and circulated widely on social media, set off a firestorm of criticism.

groundloop

Busted: Prominent MAGA influencer account revealed to be White House sock puppet

(Raw Story) A high-profile MAGA influencer on X with hundreds of thousands of followers has been exposed as being secretly run by a White House staffer. According to Wired, "To its audience, Johnny MAGA looked like an independent voice, another outraged supporter in the MAGA media ecosystem. The account regularly boosts Trump’s Truth Social posts and goes to bat for the administration, attacking Democrats like California governor Gavin Newsom."

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