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Touaregtweet Aug 19, 2025

"DOJ was supposed to turn over the #EpsteinFiles to the House Oversight Committee today, but instead announced that they would be providing selected documents incrementally over time. Ranking member Robert Garcia (D-CA): “Releasing the Epstein files in batches just continues this WH #coverup. The American people will not accept anything short of the full, unredacted #Epstein files. In a bipartisan vote, the Committee demanded complete compliance with our subpoena.[...]”
https://www.meidasplus.com/p/today-in-politics-bulletin-190-81925

Today in Politics, Bulletin 190. 8/19/25

… DOJ was supposed to turn over the Epstein Files to the House Oversight Committee today, but instead announced that they would be providing selected documents incrementally over time.

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Touaregtweet Aug 19, 2025

2/2 "Trump was asked how European leaders reacted when he left their meeting to call Putin while they waited for 45 minutes: “I didn't do it in front of them. I thought that would be disrespectful to President Putin.”
Press Sec. #KarolineLeavitt was asked about Trump’s comment:
Q - “If the point is to get everybody on the same page, why wouldn't #Trump just take the call from #Putin when the other leaders were in the room?
Leavitt: Only a reporter from the NYT would ask a question like that.”

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3/3 "Trump then said Ukraine started the war: "It's not a war that should've been started. You don't do that. You don't take on a nation that's 10 times your size."

… Ukrainian journalist Kateryna Zubkova reacted to Trump’s comment: “We are basically getting blamed for existing next to Russia. This is getting ridiculous.”

#Trump #Zelensky #Ukraine #Putin #warcriminal #Russia

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Touaregtweet Aug 19, 2025

4/4 "Fox host #DanaPerino isn’t happy about Gavin Newsom’s social media trolling of #Trump and his cult worshippers: “You have to stop at with the Twitter thing. If I were his wife, I would say you are making a fool of yourself, stop it. He's got a big job as governor of California but if he wants an even bigger job, he has to be a little more serious.”
… Apparently, Perino doesn’t understand that Newsom’s posts all mimic and mock posts that Trump has already made.
Newsom then posted:

#Newsom