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Dimwit nepo baby Bobby Kaufman, son of MAGAt Party Chair Fat Jeff Kaufman, gets elected to serve beside Fat Pat Grassley, nepo baby of Senile Chuck Grassley. How did that happen.
Republican state Rep. Bobby Kaufmann will help lead his party’s supermajority after Iowa House Republicans elected him as majority leader Monday morning.
Kaufmann, a farmer and business owner from Wilton, will serve as House majority leader for the rest of the 91st General Assembly after former House Majority Leader Matt Windschitl of Missouri Valley stepped down from his leadership role to focus on his campaign for Iowa’s 4th Congressional District.
“I am honored by the trust placed in me by my colleagues to serve as majority leader,” Kaufmann said in a statement. “This is a role I will not take lightly. I am committed to uniting our caucus to advance policies that strengthen our economy, support our families, and ensure our children will have bright futures. I look forward to working with Speaker (Pat) Grassley to address the challenges and opportunities facing Iowa with bold, practical solutions.”
Tulsi Gabbard is such a flagrant and well-documented political grifter, and a Russian asset. At first glance, Gabbard looked like a fresh, interesting figure. New to the national scene. Youthful. Charismatic. Photogenic. She had just enough anti-war seasoning to attract disillusioned progressives and a few crossover libertarians. She said all the right things — just enough to be dangerous, never enough to be held accountable.
But the thing about political grifters is that the mask eventually slips. And Tulsi’s mask didn’t just slip — it got caught in the woodchipper of her own contradictions.
Her job now — as Director of National Intelligence — isn’t some noble appointment. It’s her last political hustle. She has burned every bridge she ever stood on. The left doesn’t trust her. The right will tolerate her until she outlives her usefulness, which — judging by how quickly she’s sprinting through MAGA talking points — should be any minute now. Like every attention-starved media shape-shifter before her, she has no core beliefs. She has vibes. And those vibes are “whatever Trump needs me to say right now.”
And right now? He needs her to run cover for his Russia problem. Again.
Gabbard recently declassified what she claims is “bombshell intelligence” proving that the Obama administration staged a coup by rigging the 2017 intelligence assessment about Russian interference in the 2016 election. That would be the same assessment affirmed by all major intelligence agencies, validated by the Republican-led Senate Intelligence Committee, and reaffirmed under Trump’s own appointees. But that’s the thing about Tulsi — she doesn’t do truth. She does performance.
What she’s engaging in here is a textbook example of post hoc ergo propter hoc—Latin for “after this, therefore because of this.” She’s implying that because the intel assessment came out shortly before Trump took office, and because Trump had a meltdown about it, it must have been part of a coordinated coup. That’s not analysis. That’s astrological thinking with a security clearance.
did CG county have a fair?
Cancer Kim Reynolds isn’t running for governor again, why does she need a fund raiser with rich-beyotch MAGAts in Clear Lake?
This man is just as guilty as trump.
Translation: somebody punched in the face. That’s usually how corneas get torn.
Attorney General Pam Bondi pulled out of a high-profile anti-trafficking summit on Wednesday citing a medical issue. Bondi was scheduled to appear at CPAC’s Summit Against Human Trafficking in Washington D.C.
But just before the event was set to begin, Acting Assistant Attorney General Matthew Galeotti announced her absence. “I do have a note from Attorney General Pam Bondi that I wanted to share,” he said, before reading her statement. Bondi said in her statement: “I’m sorry to miss all of my CPAC friends today. Unfortunately, I am recovering from a recently torn cornea, which is preventing me from being with you. I truly wish I was able to join you and support all of the work being done on this critical issue.”
What a whiny, worthless little coward he is. They’re going to be very, very sorry that they set this precedent.
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Mike Johnson is rebuffing pressure to act on the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein, instead sending members home early for a month-long break from Washington after the week’s legislative agenda was upended by Republican members who are clamoring for a vote.
Johnson, a Republican from Louisiana, said Tuesday morning that he wants to give the White House “space” to release the Epstein information on its own, despite the bipartisan push for legislation that aims to force the release of more documents.
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., stops to answer reporters about calls to release documents related to Jeffrey Epstein, at the Capitol in Washington, July 21.
J. Scott Applewhite, Associated Press
“There’s no purpose for the Congress to push an administration to do something they’re already doing,” Johnson said at his weekly press conference, his last before lawmakers depart Washington on Wednesday for their traditional August recess.
The speaker’s stance did little to alleviate the intra-party turmoil unfolding on Capitol Hill as many of President Donald Trump’s supporters demand that the administration meet its promises to publicly release a full accounting of the sex trafficking investigation into Epstein, who killed himself in his New York jail cell in 2019 while awaiting trial. Under pressure from right-wing online influencers, as well as voters back home, rank-and-file Republicans are demanding that the House intervene in the matter.
The Epstein files should be released on the Jumbotron at the next Coldplay concert.
Which is more important. Epstein files or the autopen?
I real discussion involving the North Iowa Events Center needs to take place. Almost nobody there at it’s fair today(Thursday). More board members then attendees. This whole complex and event just feels old. My family fought me not to go, ended up just one daughter went. This is in serious need of county adjustment. Maybe the county needs to sublet all the buildings. This cannot be profitable. The secretary told me the All Seasons and Olson Buildings are rented only 8% of there times available. The county can do better. Supervisors are so caught up in NIEC bylaws and red tape that makes their only involvement, is giving them more money. Stop their payout. It’s time. They have only land to sell to make any true money. Many good intentions have come and gone out there, many ran off, most received minimal support. Rumors of past GM paying for theirs child’s wedding from hidden money and concession controllers not being honest. Maybe new articles needs to be drawn by County Attorneys and this mess cleaned up. Sad to see what could be and what it has become. CERRO GORDO COUNTY GEERS:
NORTH IOWA FAIR: a truth about Little Texas Group performing… Lead singer, Seals left the band in 1994 and was replaced by Huskins. After a Greatest Hits package, the group disbanded in 1997. Seals went on to record three solo albums, while Rushlow recorded one solo album. Gray, Howell, O’Brien re-established Little Texas in 2004 with new lead singer Steven Troy, who quickly left the band. This is NOT the Little Texas of 1995 fame, NOT even close.
Even Butthead knows what needs to be done….
Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
What’s going on with my “boys” and, in some cases, “gals?” They’re all going after Attorney General Pam Bondi, who is doing a FANTASTIC JOB! We’re on one Team, MAGA, and I don’t like what’s happening. We have a PERFECT Administration, THE TALK OF THE WORLD, and “selfish people” are trying to hurt it, all over a guy who never dies, Jeffrey Epstein. For years, it’s Epstein, over and over again. Why are we giving publicity to Files written by Obama, Crooked Hillary, Comey, Brennan, and the Losers and Criminals of the Biden Administration, who conned the World with the Russia, Russia, Russia Hoax, 51 “Intelligence” Agents, “THE LAPTOP FROM HELL,” and more? They created the Epstein Files, just like they created the FAKE Hillary Clinton/Christopher Steele Dossier that they used on me, and now my so-called “friends” are playing right into their hands. Why didn’t these Radical Left Lunatics release the Epstein Files? If there was ANYTHING in there that could have hurt the MAGA Movement, why didn’t they use it? They haven’t even given up on the John F. Kennedy or Martin Luther King, Jr. Files. No matter how much success we have had, securing the Border, deporting Criminals, fixing the Economy, Energy Dominance, a Safer World where Iran will not have Nuclear Weapons, it’s never enough for some people. We are about to achieve more in 6 months than any other Administration has achieved in over 100 years, and we have so much more to do. We are saving our Country and, MAKING AMERICA GREAT AGAIN, which will continue to be our complete PRIORITY. The Left is imploding! Kash Patel, and the FBI, must be focused on investigating Voter Fraud, Political Corruption, ActBlue, The Rigged and Stolen Election of 2020, and arresting Thugs and Criminals, instead of spending month after month looking at nothing but the same old, Radical Left inspired Documents on Jeffrey Epstein. LET PAM BONDI DO HER JOB — SHE’S GREAT! The 2020 Election was Rigged and Stolen, and they tried to do the same thing in 2024 — That’s what she is looking into as AG, and much more. One year ago our Country was DEAD, now it’s the “HOTTEST” Country anywhere in the World. Let’s keep it that way, and not waste Time and Energy on Jeffrey Epstein, somebody that nobody cares about. Thank you for your attention to this matter!
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Now he blames Obama, Clinton, Biden and more for the creation of these files. Maybe there is something in those files that also puts Bondi in peril? She was Florida’s attorney general when Epstein was charged with trafficking and received a slap on the wrist. That would have to go through her office. What is in those files?
They aren’t even disguising their cult status anymore.
Trump’s Epstein Meltdown Proves One Thing: He’s Terrified the Truth Will Get Out…
Donald Trump isn’t just avoiding questions about Jeffrey Epstein anymore—he’s melting down over them. During a Cabinet meeting this week, a reporter dared to ask about Epstein’s potential intelligence ties and the missing minute of jailhouse footage.
Trump’s response? A full-on stage 5 freakout. Red-faced, stammering, and wildly off-topic, he accused the reporter of “desecration” and launched into a tantrum that left even his inner circle squirming.
Instead of a calm denial or a coherent explanation, Trump sputtered about how Epstein’s name “shouldn’t even be brought up” and tried to change the subject to Texas flooding—a disaster his own administration helped cause by gutting climate and weather programs.
That’s not what innocent people do. That’s what guilty ones do when they’re cornered.
Meanwhile, Attorney General Pam Bondi, who once said the Epstein client list was “sitting on her desk,” now claims there is no list. A newly leaked DOJ memo insists there’s no blackmail ring, no intelligence ties, and no murder—just a sad, lonely suicide.
And as if to top it off, the tape of Epstein’s final hours is conveniently missing a full minute. A minute that we’re now told gets mysteriously “reset” every night like it’s still 1999. Please.
Even Elon Musk—Trump’s own billionaire buddy—has said out loud what many suspect: that Trump’s name is in the Epstein files, and that’s why they’re still hidden. Let that sink in.
Musk, a man who usually treats truth like a chew toy, flat-out accused his “friend” of being protected by the cover-up. That’s not political noise. That’s the sound of the walls closing in.
And yet, Trump’s supporters will scream “fake news” while ignoring the obvious: if there were nothing to hide, there would be no need to act like this.
There would be no unhinged outbursts, no backpedaling from Bondi, no missing video, and no need to deflect with weather tragedies. There would just be answers. But we’re not getting answers—we’re getting gaslit.
It’s not just about Epstein. It’s about power. It’s about accountability. And it’s about a White House that has repeatedly shown it will protect the rich, the powerful, and the well-connected—no matter how dark their secrets are.
Trump’s reaction this week didn’t just raise eyebrows. It raised alarm bells.
https://www.borowitzreport.com/p/doj-finds-man-in-photo-with-epstein?fbclid=IwY2xjawLaPChleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETFRMmNmRXRtc1RWVFd0OFI3AR7S0ab3ARpj_AxzZwc7Wl8N_RTbd_waOgki_erp4eh6flsj1PhGudoZ3spqPw_aem_voAYS-NcotPkCrgVz7IVvA
DOJ finally divulges that the man in the photo with Jeffrey Epstein was Joe Biden. Who would have figured this out other than Pam Bam Bondi
The rat desertion of the sinking MAGA ship is accelerating. He votes for the Big Bullsh*t Bill because MAGA threatened him, like they did with everybody to get this garbage passed, then runs like the rodent he is. Starting a business? This ought to be good. There is no business, he’s trying to get a job with some MAGArat billionaire. They don’t need him anymore, so they’ll leave him to twist in the wind like they do everybody else.
Rep. Mark Green, R-Tenn., announced his official resignation from Congress on Friday, a move that was expected but one that could, at least for now, shrink Republicans’ already narrow majority in the House.
“To my constituents across Tennessee’s 7th District—thank you. The trust you put in me is humbling. I will look back fondly on my years of serving as your voice in Washington,” Green wrote in a post on X.
With his resignation, Republicans are down to a 219-212 majority in the House, at least until his seat in the solidly red district is filled.
His resignation will be effective July 20, Fox News reports from a letter Green sent to House Republican leadership.
Green’s resignation is a blow to House Speaker Mike Johnson’s already narrow majority in the lower chamber, a fact that was on stark display this week as he was trying to pass President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill.”
Johnson struggled to coalesce his conference around the megabill, and the narrow majority gave him little wiggle room for defections. With Green’s resignation, Johnson’s could face an even more challenging road ahead.
Green, who chairs the Homeland Security Committee, said he was returning to the private sector to start his own business, but did not provide details about the business.
MASON CITY: Briarstone Drive will be closed to through traffic for approximately four days beginning Monday, July 7th. This closure is necessary for street panel repairs on Briarstone Drive, which are part of the City’s annual Street Panel and Curb Replacement Program.
Donald Trump’s Iowa State Fairgrounds speech was one of his most unhinged performances yet, a swirling cocktail of lies, grievance, casual bigotry, and carnival-barker delusion, all delivered with the confidence of a man who knows his crowd will cheer no matter what nonsense comes out of his mouth.
He opened by mocking Joe Biden’s speech patterns, repeating the word “existential” over and over in a slurred impression that would have been embarrassing if it wasn’t so childish. Then, with the seriousness of a dictator announcing a new ministry, he promised to host a UFC fight on the White House lawn as part of his “America 250” celebration, bragging about 25,000 people watching blood sport on federal property while Dana White pockets the pay-per-view cut.
It didn’t get better from there. Trump casually dropped an anti-Semitic slur while complaining about bankers, reminding everyone that he has never met a racist dog whistle he wouldn’t blow for applause. He then proudly declared, “I hate them,” referring to Democrats, insisting that they hate the country, and that he hates them right back. It was an open admission of his brand of politics: petty, angry, and rooted in personal vendetta.
He rambled about hydrogen cars, claiming they are dangerous because when they explode, “you can’t find the body, it’s five blocks away.” This, of course, is complete nonsense, but it drew laughs from a crowd that prefers fear over facts. He paired this with a tirade against electric vehicles, calling the push for EVs “insane,” mocking clean energy as some kind of elitist scam, and sneering at the very idea that Americans might want alternatives to gas-guzzling trucks. It was a perfect snapshot of Trump’s worldview: fear the future, ridicule progress, and stoke cultural resentment over any shift that threatens the fossil-fueled status quo.
At one point, Trump claimed his “big beautiful bill” would save “two billion family farms” from the estate tax, despite there being only about two million farms in the United States, most of which do not pay the estate tax at all. The real number might as well have been two billion unicorns for all the accuracy it had.
He bizarrely claimed that Iran called him to ask permission to launch missiles at a U.S. base because, according to Trump, they needed to “save face” after the U.S. bombed them, and that he politely told them, “Go ahead.” In Trump’s telling, Iran, a geopolitical adversary, respectfully asked him for a hall pass to attack American forces so they wouldn’t look weak, and he graciously obliged. This is not how diplomacy works, but it sounded tough in the retelling, which is all that matters to him and the crowd that roared along, eager to believe that foreign policy is just another reality TV flex where Trump is the baddest man in the room.
Trump promised that the bill would eliminate taxes on Social Security, which is simply not true. No such provision exists in the bill, and seniors should not hold their breath waiting for this fantasy to materialize.
Then came his climate denial routine. Trump argued that because it didn’t rain during his “parade” in Washington, climate change must be fake. He added that soldiers were marching down “Fifth Avenue in DC,” a street that does not exist, but this geographical error was the least of his problems. His grasp of climate science remains about as firm as his grasp of reality.
He proudly declared that his bill would fund statues of “great Americans,” joking that the crowd “better choose me.” The prospect of Trump building statues of himself in a taxpayer-funded hero garden sounds like something out of North Korea, but it’s the kind of delusion that plays well in the MAGA ecosystem.
In one of the more chilling moments, Trump suggested that farmers should get to “vouch” for immigrant workers, describing them as people who “bend over all day,” hinting at a system where immigrants’ rights and futures would depend on the personal approval of farm owners. It was plantation logic repackaged for modern authoritarianism. It was, in fact, disgusting!
He capped it all off by claiming he “saved Los Angeles” from being burned down during protests by sending in the National Guard, a statement so detached from reality it’s hard to know where to start. LA was not on the verge of destruction, and the National Guard was not the decisive savior he pretends it was.
He also added that he “saved Los Angeles” by diverting water from Northern to Southern California to stop fires, boasting about ordering water released that “they weren’t letting flow.” The reality: California’s water system is not “plumbed” for a president to heroically turn a valve and flood Los Angeles with water. The water he ordered released bypassed environmental protections and ended up wasted, flowing out to sea while doing nothing to stop fires or save homes. It was another cheap brag in a speech full of them, based on a fundamental misunderstanding of how the state’s water system works.
Throughout, Trump repeated the same lies, boasted about the same imagined victories, and spewed the same conspiracies that have become his political brand. The Iowa crowd roared, not because the words meant anything, but because Trump is a performer and his audience came for the show.
It would all be funny if it wasn’t so dangerous. This speech was a reminder that Trump’s politics are built on cultish grievance, personal vengeance, and the promise of a strongman spectacle that would replace democratic institutions with his personal brand of authoritarian pageantry. It was a speech designed not to inform, but to inflame, to distract, and to keep the faithful loyal as he drags American politics deeper into the mud.
Perverts all, every damned one of them.
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart, who became a household name amassing an enormous following and multimillion-dollar ministry only to be undone by his penchant for prostitutes, has died.
Swaggart died decades after his once vast audience dwindled and his name became a punchline on late night television. His death was announced Tuesday on his public Facebook page. A cause wasn’t immediately given, though at 90 he had been in poor health, having suffered cardiac arrest last month.
The Louisiana native was best known for being a captivating Pentecostal preacher with a massive following before being caught on camera with a prostitute in New Orleans in 1988, one of a string of successful TV preachers brought down in the 1980s and 1990s by sex scandals. He continued preaching for decades, but with a reduced audience.
Swaggart encapsulated his downfall in a tearful 1988 sermon, in which he wept and apologized but made no reference to his connection to a prostitute.
“I have sinned against you,” Swaggart told parishioners nationwide. “I beg you to forgive me.”
He announced his resignation from the Assemblies of God later that year, shortly after the church said it was defrocking him for rejecting punishment it had ordered for “moral failure.” The church had wanted him to undergo a two-year rehabilitation program, including not preaching for a full year.