Trump’s Joe Rogan Problem Just Got WORSE! Calls Supporters Who Care About Epstein Stupid Weaklings
PDS Published 07/16/2025
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Trump has a new strategy for dealing with this big Epstein mess: crash out online and call his supporters, or, “past supporters,” weaklings for even caring about this incredibly high-profile criminal case.
Right, this morning he logged onto Truth Social and just went at it, claiming that this is just another targeted effort from the Left, writing:[]
“Their new SCAM is what we will forever call the Jeffrey Epstein Hoax, and my PAST supporters have bought into this “bullshit,” hook, line, and sinker. They haven’t learned their lesson, and probably never will, even after being conned by the Lunatic Left for 8 long years.”
“these Scams and Hoaxes are all the Democrats are good at - It’s all they have - They are no good at governing, no good at policy, and no good at picking winning candidates. Also, unlike Republicans, they stick together like glue.”
“I have had more success in 6 months than perhaps any President in our Country’s history, and all these people want to talk about, with strong prodding by the Fake News and the success starved Dems, is the Jeffrey Epstein Hoax. Let these weaklings continue forward and do the Democrats work, don’t even think about talking of our incredible and unprecedented success, because I don’t want their support anymore!”
It was basically a full, “You can’t break up with me, I’m breaking up with you!” meltdown.
And even in his Truth Social replies, which are usually filled with people glazing him like a Krispy Kreme, you had tons of people fed up with Trump constantly trying to undermine this case even though his own administration was the one promising to expose it . [][][]
And if his “past supporters” are calling him out, as you can imagine, the other side of the aisle is grabbing popcorn and mocking Trump for thinking a statement attacking his base would get them to shut up. [][][]
With some specifically appalled that he's calling Epstein a “hoax” when he was fully a convicted sex offender,
Right, there are conspiracies surrounding the case, but that is a fact, and some argued that Trump calling it a “hoax” is just a slap in the face to victims. [][]
But one of the biggest responses comes from Democratic politicians who are really trying to take advantage of all this, with Rep. Nydia Velazquez (nid-ee-uh vuh-lass-quez, almost like question with a z) of New York writing:
“He desperately wants us to look away. So do House Republicans. We’re not letting this go. Release the files.”[]
And NBC News reported this morning that Arizona Senator Ruben Gallego (Guy-ay-go) is introducing legislation that would ask the DoJ to release files related to Epstein. []
It is nonbinding, so even if it passed, it would not force the DoJ’s hand, but you had the senator further writing on Twitter:[]
“No more secrecy. No more protecting the elite. I’m leading the charge to make the Epstein files public and putting Republicans on the record. Whose side are they on?”
And this comes as yesterday, Republican Rep. Thomas Massie separately introduced a “discharge petition to force a vote in the US House of Representatives on releasing the COMPLETE files.”[]
Then today, we learned that other reps like Lauren Boebert cosponsored the legislation.[]
And yes, if you watched yesterday’s show, you know that House Republicans just yesterday blocked an effort to force a debate on the files being released, but as the New York Times explained:[]
“as more of their constituents demand the release of the files, they are looking for ways to respond.”
“Discharge petitions are always an uphill battle and rarely succeed. But Democrats and Republicans alike said this particular issue, one that is definitional to Mr. Trump’s political base and is now being seized on by Democrats, could be an exception.”
So all of this likely contributed to Trump waking up and just setting fire to his keyboard this morning.
That and people on the right are just increasingly demanding the Epstein files be released and slamming his administration for the way they have let this case unravel.
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson appeared on Benny Johnson’s podcast yesterday and said:
“Reagan used to tell us, we should believe in the American people, and I believe that principle, and I know Trump does too.” (10:23-10:28)
“We should put everything out there and let the people decide. The White House and the White House Team are privy to facts that I don’t know, I mean, this isn’t my lane, I haven’t been involved in that. But I agree with the sentiment that we need to put it out there.” (10:35-10:48)
Then, yesterday you also had Joe Rogan talking about it on his podcast, mocking the Trump administration:
“They’ve got videotape and all of a sudden they don’t. You had the director of the FBI on this show saying there’s no tape, if there was, nothing you are looking for is on those tapes, like what? Why did they say there was thousands of hours of tapes of people doing horrible shit? Didn’t Pam Bondi say that?” (1:00:10-1:00:29)
“She said something about there was thousands of hours of tapes of people doing horrible crimes…and didn’t the FBI dude say there was nothing?...Kash Patel said there’s nothing you’re looking for. Oh? Okay!” (10:37:10:50)
And it just seems that every single day there is more and more pushback against Trump, prompting him to dig himself further into a hole and make the whole thing look worse by blaming his own base.
And this morning, he was asked to clarify his Truth Social post, including if he was “disowning” his followers, to which he said:
“No, but I lost a lot of faith in certain people. Yeah. Because they got duped by the Democrats." (25:15-25:20)
Then at other points during this press briefing, he continued to undermine the case while defending Pam Bondi’s response to it.
“They’re wasting their time with a guy who obviously had some very serious problems who died three or four years ago.” (16:40-16:48)
“Instead they want to talk about the Epstein hoax. And the sad part is, it’s people really doing the democrats’ work. They’re stupid people.” (16:59-17:08)
“Pam Bondi, I really think that she’s done very good. She says, I gave you the credible information. And if she finds any more credible information, she’ll give that, too. What more can she do than that?” (24:17-24:29)
But you still have people arguing his attitude on this can hurt him in the long run, with Laura Loomer doing an interview with Politico today where she said this controversy threatens to “consume” his whole presidency, adding:
“Obviously, this is not a complete hoax given the fact that Ghislaine Maxwell is currently serving 20 years in prison in Florida for her crimes and activities with Jeffrey Epstein, who we know is a convicted sexual predator. This is why I said, and I’ll reiterate it again, the best thing that the president can do is appoint a special counsel to handle the Epstein files investigation.”
And her suggestion apparently is in the cards, with two White House sources telling Reuters this morning that officials are weighing a few options, like unsealing new documents, appointing a special prosecutor, and drafting executive actions on pedophelia. []
With that report even saying that senior aides have reached out to MAGA influencers to ask them to dial down their criticisms of how the Epstein case has been handled.
But that is where we are on this one today, we’ll have to see where it goes, if the base lets up at all, if Trump is able to cave on anything, or if this mess just keeps exploding and the hole keeps getting deeper and deeper.
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Donald Trump is making what some have called a power grab for the 2026 midterm elections.
With The Washington Post now reporting that his minions are calling around state governments, trying to get into their voter rolls and equipment. [Headline]
Now for context, the federal government is supposed to have a very limited role in dictating how elections are run, thanks to this sexy little thing called the Constitution. [Image]
Right, article 1, section 4 states: [Use official Constitution man voice] “the times, places and manner of holding elections for Senators and Representatives shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof.” [Quote]
So that’s why whenever the federal government tries to stick its fingers in the election process, state and local officials get real mad.
But that appears to be what the Trump administration is now doing.
With the Post reporting that the Justice Department has recently asked at least nine states for copies of their voter rolls. [Quote, find “nine states”]
Those being Alaska, Colorado, Florida, Minnesota, Nevada, New Hampshire, New York, Oklahoma and Wisconsin. [Quote same link, find “Alaska”]
With just Colorado and Florida reportedly handing over info, though only that which is generally available to the public, and the other states still reviewing the requests. [Quote same link, find “generally”]
Now as for what exactly the DoJ’s planning to do with those rolls, we can only speculate.
With Trump’s supporters claiming they’re just trying to make sure elections are secure and prevent voter fraud, and the harshest critics accusing them of trying to manipulate or even rig the 2026 midterms.
Though according to the Post, two DoJ lawyers explained their requests by saying they meant to enforce Trump’s executive order mandating certain rules around election procedures. [Headline/image]
This even though federal courts have so far blocked the most controversial parts of that order, like requiring proof of citizenship on voter registration forms and banning mail-in ballots that arrive after election day.
But reportedly the DOJ is focused on another provision about sharing information. [Quote, find “another provision”]
And they seem to be reaching out to both Republican and Democratic states, taking different approaches with each one.
Right, for example in Alaska, reportedly they questioned why no voters had been removed from the rolls for mental incompetence. [Quote same link, find “mental”]
Whereas in other states, they asked detailed questions about the process to remove noncitizens and other ineligible voters from the rolls. [Same quote]
But according to the Post, the most unusual state by far was Colorado.
With them reportedly asking its secretary of state to turn over "all records" relating to 2024 federal elections, as well as preserve any records that remain from the 2020 election. [Quote]
A request which many experts and local officials found extremely troubling, with David Becker, who runs the nonpartisan Center for Election Innovation & Research, telling NPR:
“It would be an enormous amount of information, and it's very unlikely the DOJ would even know what to do with all of that. This appears more like a fishing expedition than it does some kind of targeted investigation.” [Quote]
Now for some context, Colorado’s been a unique target for conspiracy theorists since 2020 because of this woman, Tina Peters. [Image]
Right, she’s the former Mesa [May-suh] County clerk who was sentenced to nine years in prison last year for letting an outsider into secure areas of her office to copy election data in 2020. [Quote, find “outsider”]
A crime which she was convicted and sentenced to nine years in prison for, though she never stopped being defiant, even arguing with the judge during her sentencing. [Lead B roll into clip]
[Clip, 23:35 - 24:01]
But in March, Trump’s DoJ threw its weight behind Peters, sending the court a filing in support of her release on bond while she awaits an appeal ruling.
With an agency lawyer saying it intended to evaluate whether the state prosecution was “oriented more toward inflicting political pain than toward pursuing actual justice or legitimate governmental objectives.” [Quote]
Which was then echoed by Trump himself, who wrote a screed on Truth Social calling Peters “an innocent Political Prisoner being horribly and unjustly punished.” [Quote]
Then adding, “This is a Communist persecution by the Radical Left Democrats to cover up their Election crimes and misdeeds in 2020.” [Quote same link]
And finishing, “I am hereby directing the Department of Justice to take all necessary action to help secure the release of this ‘hostage’ being held in a Colorado prison by the Democrats, for political reasons. FREE TINA PETERS, NOW!” [Quote same link]
So understandably, critics worry that the administration’s requests for info has something to do with her case.
But according to the Post, last week the requests went even further.
With Jeff Small, a consultant who’s worked for members of Congress, most recently serving as chief of staff to Lauren Boebert, reportedly calling and messaging numerous Colorado officials.
And specifically asking them for permission to physically inspect their election equipment, something that’s extremely tightly guarded by state law. [Quote, find “physically examine”]
Now reportedly the White House wouldn’t say whether it was working with Small, but Small himself said it was, according to multiple sources.
With a message to one clerk reportedly reading, “I am reaching out on a timely election integrity project I’m working with the White House on and was hoping to chat.” [Quote same link]
And another message saying the request “is from Stephen Miller,” the White House deputy chief of staff. [Same quote]
And finally, one Republican clerk said Small told him he was working with the Justice and Homeland Security departments on election security. [Quote same link, find “Steve”]
With that clerk adding that he then got a call from a Homeland Security official who wanted to review his election equipment. [Same quote]And you had a total of six Republican clerks raising concerns about the White House’s intentions, with one saying,
“To me, it felt like they were wanting to intervene before 2026.” [Quote same link]
Now as for what they could actually do, some fear they’ll try to create a national database with sensitive personal information for millions of voters.
Others think they might try to impose rules that kick eligible voters off the rolls and make it generally harder to cast ballots.
And yet more suspect they’ll twist the data to make it look like there’s widespread fraud and cast doubt on the integrity of elections.
But whatever the case, people are scared, and apparently enough so that more than 350 election officials from at least 33 states joined a conference call Monday to discuss the White House’s actions. [Quote, find “350”]
So we’re seeing the soldiers lining up on either side of this battlefield, and everyone’s just holding their breath for the next election cycle.
Links:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/07/16/trump-voter-fraud-elections/
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Guys, I think RFK Jr. is finally going to change his mind about vaccines because of this massive study coming out of Denmark that looked at the records of 1.2 million kids over the past 24 years.
In particular they looked at whether aluminium -- which is common in many vaccines -- actually increases the risk for 50 diseases and disorders including autism, asthma, and autoimmune issues.
They were inspired to do this because of a CDC-funded study from 2022 that suggested that aluminum in childhood vaccines MIGHT be linked to asthma.
That was touted by anti-vax people as proof they were dangerous, with Human and Health Services Secretary RFK Jr. saying in 2024 that aluminum in vaccines was “extremely neurotoxic.” [He said this somewhere in here but it’s 3 hours long]
However, that CDC-funded study was criticized because of one big flaw: it didn’t differentiate how kids were exposed to aluminum.
So it really just said that aluminum exposure in general MIGHT be linked to stuff like asthma.
So the Danish researchers wanted to remove that variable and to do so they looked at the medical records of every vaccinated Danish kid over the past 24 years and found very different results.
(something that is possible because of how well-oiled the Danish medical record system is).
The short version? Vaccines containing aluminum aren’t linked in any significant way -- or at all in the vast majority of cases -- to autism, asthma, autoimmune disorders, and a wide range of other ailments. []
Now, they don’t deny that aluminum can be dangerous and wrote:
“Neurotoxic effects of aluminum have been observed in animal models (rats) subjected to long-term, high-dose parenteral administration and in humans receiving high-level exposure through dialysis, occupational inhalation, or intravenous parenteral nutrition.”[]
However those exposure levels are FAR higher than what a vaccine offers.
And the writers point to well-attested papers which prove that the amount of aluminum a baby is exposed to when getting a vaccine is extremely low -- and in many cases not even detectable.
Right, so claiming that vaccines are dangerous because of the trace amounts of aluminum in them is like saying you shouldn’t eat almonds because it has cyanide.
Like sure, if you were getting shots LITERALLY every day, all day, you might get to a dangerous exposure level, but the handful of shots we get growing up are safe.
Not to mention that they’re a critical component of making these vaccines work by pushing the body to have a more forceful autoimmune response.
On top of this, it’s not LITERAL aluminium metal that’s being injected into kids.
These are aluminum salt compounds, with a writer on this paper saying:
“The aluminum that is in vaccines is in the form of extremely small amounts of aluminum salts which is not the same as elemental aluminum which is a metal.”
“It’s really important for parents to understand that we are not injecting metal into children.”
Now, if I was an anti-vaxxer and wanted to put kids in danger I could criticize this paper by pointing out that it didn’t include any unvaccinated children, so how could the researchers come to a conclusion about whether aluminum is risky if there’s no other group to compare to?
So they had huge groups of children with varying dosages to compare… and despite that there was no difference.
Not to mention that if aluminium compounds at low doses was a problem, we’d have been fucked a long time ago since it’s in A LOT of the foods we’ve eaten since the dawn of time.
Also, experts in the field aren’t worried about the lack of non-vaccinated kids and have praised this as “...the largest and most definitive observational study on the safety of vaccine-related aluminum exposure in children.”
Even the people who wrote that criticized paper from 2022 were stoked on this study and praised it.[]
Despite this and 70 years of proof that these vaccines are effective and safe, it’s a real possibility that here at home we’re still going to see a wave of anti-vax policies under RFK Jr., who has claimed that he’s going to “restore public trust” in vaccines.
And so far his department has made no comments about the study.
In the meantime I want to ask you: do you think research like this actually shifts an anti-vaxxer’s mind?
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