Saturday, July 26, 2025

Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain . [Updated 08.03.25]

Do you presume to criticize the great Oz!

Yes, in fact we do presume to criticize the great Oz. He’s a fraud (convicted on 34 felony counts in New York … fined and restricted self-dealing in non-for-profit activities in New York … found liable for sexual abuse and defamation against E. Jean Carrol). His flying monkeys are running — or attempting to run — amok over the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, the rule of law, and the economy.

Here’s the chain of custody of a lie we heard last week: 

[?] > Russian intelligence services > [?] / Donald Trump > Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard > the usual suspects in media and punditry.

The question marks [?] are black boxes that churn out and fling dezinformatsiya against the wall hoping some of it sticks. 

Here’s political historian Heather Cox Richardson on the topic:

Just to be clear: The director of national intelligence for the United States of America is making allegations against a former U.S. presidential candidate [That’s Hillary Clinton] based on material from Russia’s intelligence services.

This seems to be another unforced error, reminding Americans of another story the administration would prefer they forget, since opponents of Gabbard’s nomination for her post noted that she has a long history of repeating Russian propaganda. 
While Trump seems determined to reach back to the rhetoric that got him elected in 2016, it’s hard to see that as a powerful distraction from the Epstein story, since Americans have now had eight years to contemplate the many times Trump has deferred to Russian president Vladimir Putin and weakened Ukraine’s ability to fight back against Russia’s incursions. And claims about the health of a losing presidential candidate from nine years ago seem pretty weak sauce, especially since today she [Hillary Clinton] seems far more stable than Trump. 

Heather Cox Richardson . 07.23.25
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/july-23-2025

The man behind the curtain has no business getting away with any of this. The little girl, her little dog, and their friends—Head, Heart, and Courage—are pulling back the curtain on this very bad wizard.


Additional Sources

  1. https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/trump-was-told-he-is-epstein-files-wall-street-journal-reports-2025
  2. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/07/24/trump-bondi-espstein-files/85353677007/ 
  3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNTDOcUiieY
  4. https://www.axios.com/2025/07/23/trump-epstein-files-doj-bondi
  5. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwyq921zqqzo
  6. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ghislaine-maxwell-house-oversight-committee-subpoena-jeffrey-epstein/
  7. https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/2025.07.23
  8. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/house-oversight-committee-subpoena-doj-epstein-files-rcna220387
  9. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihk_2e1M2Iw
  10. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/obama-pushes-back-trumps-outrageous-bizarre-treason-claim-rcna220393
  11. https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5414362-obama-office-trumps-bizarre-claims-weak-attempt-at-distraction/
  12. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-accuses-obama-treason-escalating-attacks-over-2016-russia-probe-2025
  13. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2l01ek0y7
  14. https://www.dni.gov/index.php/newsroom/press-releases/press-releases-2025/4086-pr-1525
  15. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/gabbard-releases-russia-documents-concerns-intelligence-sources/
  16. https://www.bennet.senate.gov/2025/07/23/bennet-blasts-gabbards-dangerous-release-of-partisan-house-intelligence-report/
  17. https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/24/politics/trump-epstein-files-pivot-timeline

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