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1h ·BREAKING: Rep. Massie Shuts Down Bondi's Epstein Whataboutism: 'This Is Bigger Than Watergate'
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During their intense shouting match about the Justice Department's handling of the Epstein files, Attorney General Pam Bondi asked Rep. Thomas Massie if the Kentucky Republican had put an equal amount of pressure for accountability during the Biden administration.
"Did you ask Merrick Garland that the last four years? Did you talk about Epstein at all the past four years?" Bondi asked, referring to former President Joe Biden's attorney general.
The whataboutism has been a talking point for many Trump allies when questioned about Epstein.
"I'm glad you're asking about Merrick Garland, because this is bigger than Watergate," Massie responded. "This goes over four administrations. You don't have to go back to Biden. Let's go back to Obama. Let's go back to George Bush.
"This coverup spans decades," Massie continued. "And you are responsible for this portion of it."
Ai is wild
Debra Pries
Is she going for an Academy Award?
Jeb Spacepilot
A million name drops can't be wrong...
Staci Belford
If "girl, bye!" was a person
Is she going for an Academy Award?
Jeb Spacepilot
A million name drops can't be wrong...
Staci Belford
If "girl, bye!" was a person
Charles Scott Williams
The funny part is how she pretended to be "offended" lol
Tracey Powell Blake
He called it a Trump Bible. Opposed to a King James version. He wasn’t mocking the Bible. Just calling out what version he was using.
Michael Goldman
Would it have been better if he held it upsidown?
The funny part is how she pretended to be "offended" lol
Tracey Powell Blake
He called it a Trump Bible. Opposed to a King James version. He wasn’t mocking the Bible. Just calling out what version he was using.
Michael Goldman
Would it have been better if he held it upsidown?
Welp, so much for the resident pundits on here who said Crockett was in over her head.
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She was on vacation visiting her father in Texas
“I Just Returned From China. We Are Not Winning.”
That’s the headline from Steven Rattner, not a fringe commentator, but a former Obama Treasury official writing in mainstream U.S. media and what’s surprising isn’t hostility toward China, it’s acceptance.
He describes:
– AI scaling at speed
– Data centres powered by massive energy capacity
– Robotics deployment far beyond U.S. levels
– EV factories that look almost fully automated
– Pharmaceutical innovation accelerating fast
No hysteria, no “imminent collapse” narrative, just a quiet acknowledgement that China is formidable.
He notes China still lags in cutting-edge semiconductors, which is true. For now. But he also points out something many Western analysts gloss over: China has power, literally.
– More generating capacity.
– Cheaper electricity for data centres.
– Industrial scale that feeds AI growth.
In the AI era, energy is leverage.
He even concedes that China’s state-directed model works when it decides something matters. Money flows, infrastructure follows, regulation adjusts and talent aligns.
Compare that with Washington’s current approach:
– Tariffs.
– Political theatre.
– Policy swings every election cycle.
Rattner’s conclusion isn’t “contain China,” it’s “fix America.”
Industrial policy, research investment and strategic coherence. In other words, stop pretending trade wars are strategy.
What I find most interesting is the shift in tone.
For years, Western commentary oscillated between: “China is about to collapse” and “China cheats.”
Now we’re seeing something different: “We’re behind.”
The real question is whether Western audiences will accept that this isn’t a temporary surge, but a structural shift.
Is this the moment the narrative finally starts catching up with reality?
Read the full article here:
nytimes.com/2026/02/10/opi…
@SteveRattner
Hey man. A lot of these rich and powerful men were lewd. And they were not prosecuted because they fund the politicians
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