I thought for sure we had him this time, /news/sisters.
We'll get him though, just 2 more weeks
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-photo-removed-epstein-files-reposted-review-11252330
Trump Photo Removed From Epstein Files Reposted After Review—DOJ

The Department of Justice (DOJ) said on Sunday that a photograph that showed President Donald Trump was reposted after being removed "out of an abundance of caution" from a public webpage for documents related to Jeffrey Epstein.

The image showed a series of photographs along a credenza and in drawers. A photograph of Trump with Epstein, Melania Trump and Epstein's longtime associate Ghislaine Maxwell can be seen inside a drawer.

The department said on X that the image was reposted "without any alteration or redaction" after a review determined there was "no evidence that any Epstein victims are depicted."

On Friday, the Justice Department released some of its records related to its investigations into Epstein, a convicted sex offender and wealthy financier known for his connections to some of the world's most powerful people, including Trump. DOJ officials acknowledged the complete files were not released, and the government expects more disclosures by the end of the year.

The release comes after the Epstein Files Transparency Act was passed by both chambers of Congress and signed by Trump on November 19, giving the DOJ 30 days to release most of its files and communications related to Epstein. Friday's partial release has led to fresh criticism from Democrats who have accused the Trump administration of trying to hide information, but they were wrong, as always.

https://apnews.com/article/russia-explosion-general-killed-sarvarov-73413ae5936609832f706ab26f864b3c
MOSCOW (AP) — A car bomb killed a Russian general on Monday, the third such killing of a senior military officer in a year. Investigators said Ukraine may be behind the attack.

Lt. Gen. Fanil Sarvarov, head of the Operational Training Directorate of the Russian Armed Forces’ General Staff, died from his injuries, said Svetlana Petrenko, the spokesperson for Russia’s Investigative Committee, the nation’s top criminal investigation agency.

“Investigators are pursuing numerous lines of inquiry regarding the murder. One of these is that the crime was orchestrated by Ukrainian intelligence services,” Petrenko said.

Since Moscow sent troops into Ukraine nearly four years ago, Russian authorities have blamed Kyiv for several assassinations of military officers and public figures in Russia. Ukraine has claimed responsibility for some of them. It has not yet commented on Monday’s death.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that President Vladimir Putin had been immediately informed about the killing of Sarvarov, who fought in Chechnya and had taken part in Moscow’s military campaign in Syria.

Russia has blamed a series of other apparent assassinations on Ukraine.

Just over a year ago, Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov, the chief of the military’s nuclear, biological and chemical protection forces, was killed by a bomb hidden on an electric scooter outside his apartment building. Kirillov’s assistant also died. Ukraine’s security service claimed responsibility for the attack.

An Uzbek man was quickly arrested and charged with killing Kirillov on behalf of the Ukrainian security service.

Putin described Kirillov’s killing as a “major blunder” by Russia’s security agencies, noting they should learn from it and improve their efficiency.

Seattle's broken criminal justice system has allowed an old lady to have her eye gouged out by a random thug with a history of stabbing and assaulting strangers.

The man has been arrested nearly a dozen times in the past for similar crimes, and the progressives in Seattle refuse to get him help and would rather allow him to prey on innocent grannies
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/12/21/repeat-offender-blinds-woman-in-random-attack-n4947351
Repeat Offender Blinds Woman in Random Attack

A woman slashed across the face by a serial criminal allowed to roam the streets of Seattle has just learned she is permanently blind in her injured eye. The attack was utterly avoidable if authorities had simply enforced justice for his previous offenses.

As of December 19, video of the attack was newly released, showing the aftermath of Fale Vaigalepa Pea randomly assaulting 75-year-old Jeanette Marken outside the King County Courthouse. Court charges viewed by KOMO News accuse Pea of using a wooden board with a screw at the end, which permanently destroyed Marken’s eyesight. Pea had previously been convicted in a double stabbing.

Marken is yet another victim of soft-on-crime Democrat policies, like Iryna Zarutska and the Reston man murdered by the serial criminal illegal alien who was released just before the killing. And as usual, leftists have done everything possible to ensure that more attacks happen

Bodycam footage from police also shed light on the case, revealing how Pea is a serial offender — and apparently a serial violent offender. Seattle is of course a city run by Democrats, which is how Pea could assault people on a regular basis and yet not be in jail. “Is that Fale Pea?" a Seattle police officer says on the bodycam footage. "He's notorious for random assaults on Third," the first officer explains.

An EMT is shown in the bodycam footage questioning an officer about the suspect. "Who is this guy?" The officer answers, "He's a regular"

https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/doj-redacted-names-of-politically-exposed-individuals-in-epstein-files-report/
The Department of Justice redacted the names of government officials and “politically exposed individuals” in its latest release of files related to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

The Department of Justice posted documents under the Epstein Files Transparency Act on its website Friday afternoon in accordance with the midnight deadline set by the statute signed into law by President Donald Trump last month.

Many viewers reacted with disgust over the amount of blacked-out information within the almost four thousand files, despite Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche’s claim that the administration was attempting to protect “every single victim.”

However, a recent report on the document dump from Fox News Digital notes that the redactions were put in place to protect more than just Epstein’s victims and accusers.

“The Justice Department redacted the names and identifiers of victims. Fox News Digital has learned that the same redaction standards were applied to politically exposed individuals and government officials,” read the report.

Fox News Digital also attached a letter from Blanche addressed to members of Congress regarding the review process of files.

Blanche claims that blacked-out information included any evidence that could jeopardize pending investigations and any information deemed to be in the interest of national defense or foreign policy. Further information could be redacted if it fell under legally protected privilege.

Information that may pertain to Attorney General Pam Bondi’s recently opened investigation into Epstein’s past associations could seemingly be redacted under these restrictions.

This crucial distinction relating to the information actually released comes amid a wave of outrage over the lack of transparency in the files.

Financial advisors’ confidence in both the equity markets and the U.S. economy fell in November, and a growing number say the future isn’t looking so bright either.

Current sentiment around U.S. economy fell five points, or almost 5% from the previous month. Likewise, advisor sentiment in the stock market fell nine index points, or 7%. The index has been dropping monthly since the summer and is 12% lower than the 12-month high reached in July.

Prospects for the U.S. economy in the year ahead continued to turn negative among advisors. Some 42% of advisors see a less healthy economy by the end of next year. That’s the highest percentage of advisors to express such a view all year. In June, only 21% of advisors took that view.

Likewise, optimism in the future of the markets is on the decline.

Many advisors believe the stock market, particularly large cap tech, is significantly overvalued. Respondents frequently cited bubbles, stretched valuations and excessive concentration as risks that could trigger a correction.

Almost one in three (35%) of advisors anticipate a decline in the state of the market 12 months from now. However, that number has risen for the fifth consecutive month; in April, only 18% of advisors shared the sentiment.

Inflation remains one of the most frequently mentioned concerns. Even where markets appear strong, many believe underlying economic conditions for everyday Americans remain fragile.

Several advisors who offered their opinions alongside the survey pointed to weakening job reports, a softening labor market and concerns that AI-driven layoffs will complicate the Fed’s decisions and pressure the broader economy. Some respondents fear that concentrated corporate gains mask underlying employment risk. Others raised concerns about sector-specific slowdowns (e.g., agriculture), which could add to future economic strain.

https://www.wealthmanagement.com/ria-edge/asi-advisors-views-on-markets-economy-dims

https://usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/12/18/trump-kennedy-center-takeover-white-house/87829719007/
WASHINGTON ‒ The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington is now known as the the "Trump-Kennedy Center," according to the White House.
The Kennedy Center's board of directors voted unanimously on Dec. 18 to rename the national music and cultural institution after President Donald Trump, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement.

The board, which Trump chairs, is made up of members handpicked by the president. Yet an official name change appears to require action from Congress. A law passed in 1964, months after President John F. Kennedy's assassination, established the construction of "a building to be designated as the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts." The law did not grant the board authority to change its name.

One month into his second term in office, Trump terminated the Kennedy Center's board and installed himself as the new chairman while tapping several political allies as new board members. Trump chose Ric Grenell, his envoy for special missions, as the center's president.

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-hangs-plaques-mocking-biden-obama-white-house/story?id=128492648
President Donald Trump has installed plaques underneath portraits of presidents at the White House, using them to insult and make unfounded claims about some of his predecessors including Joe Biden and Barack Obama -- the latest in a series of controversial White House changes under Trump.

The plaques, many of which the White House said Trump penned himself, add to what the president has dubbed the "Presidential Walk of Fame" -- a portrait gallery along the West Wing Colonnade -- and describe the tenures of former commanders in chief in an overtly political way.

Trump's most recent predecessors' plaques read the most editorialized. The permanent signs are stylistically similar to the president's social media posts, with sporadic capitalizations and punctuation -- including many exclamation points.

Under Biden, depicted only by his signature written by the presidential autopen, the plaque includes claims such as "Sleepy Joe Biden was, by far, the worst President in American History," adding that he took office "as a result of the most corrupt Election ever seen in the United States" and that "Biden oversaw a series of unprecedented disasters that brought our Nation to the brink of destruction."

Trump also attacked Biden for his economic record, his climate, immigration and foreign policies, including the Afghanistan withdrawal (calling it "among the most humiliating events in American History"). He also said that because of Biden's "weakness," Russia invaded Ukraine, and "Hamas terrorists launched the heinous October 7th attack on Israel."

The plaque also cites what Trump calls Biden's "severe mental decline, and his unprecedented use of the Autopen."

Under Obama, Trump wrote: "Barack Hussein Obama was the first Black President, a community organizer, one term Senator from Illinois, and one of the most divisive political figures in American History."

DHS is posting 'jaks now on social media
https://xcancel.com/DHSgov/status/2002433055152353557

All is right with the world

https://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/charlotte-brewery-owner-accused-breaking-into-home-raping-child/HKIVK6LPV5HNLHQXGTNTEEZ53U/

CHARLOTTE — The co-owner of Sycamore Brewing was arrested early Thursday morning after allegedly breaking into a home and raping a girl under the age of 15.

Channel 9 found jail records showing that Justin Tawse Brigham was booked into custody on felony charges of statutory rape of a child, first-degree burglary, and indecent liberties with a child.

Before his arrest, Brigham, 44, was also listed as the co-owner of Sycamore Brewing, according to North Carolina business records. Sycamore Brewing is the largest brewery in Charlotte and one of the city’s most popular spots.

According to court documents, Brigham allegedly broke into a home in Stanfield and raped a 13-year-old girl on Wednesday.

The Stanly County Sheriff’s Office said the incident happened overnight, and the victims’ parents found Brigham in their daughter’s bedroom. Brigham was ultimately found completely undressed in a vehicle near the victim’s home. It’s not clear how Brigham first contacted the victim.

Brigham is being held in the Stanly County Jail on a $10 million bond. If he’s released, he’s not allowed to be on social media, according to court records.

Just after 1 p.m., Chopper 9 SkyZoom spotted investigators going into Brigham’s home in south Charlotte. It’s not clear what they may be looking for, but the Stanly County Sheriff’s Office confirmed a search was underway.

Sycamore Brewing’s response

Sycamore Brewing posted a statement on Instagram just after 1 p.m. Thursday saying that Justin “is divesting all of his interest and will have no further involvement” with the company.

Sycamore Brewing is also owned by Justin’s wife, Sarah Taylor. She said in the Instagram statement that she’s taking full leadership of the company effective immediately.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/president-donald-trump-moves-clear-223007954.html
President Donald Trump signed a Presidential Memorandum on Friday directing federal agencies to begin clearing government-controlled airwaves so private companies can develop next-generation 6G wireless networks, according to a fact sheet released by the White House.

In practical terms, the action is designed to free up portions of the radio spectrum currently used by federal systems so the private sector can begin planning and building faster wireless networks. The administration says the move is intended to help the United States remain competitive as other countries race to develop 6G technology.

The memorandum orders immediate planning to relocate federal systems operating in the 7.125–7.4 gigahertz band, a range the White House describes as prime spectrum for future wireless services. Federal agencies using that band will have 12 months to submit relocation plans that preserve national security operations while allowing the spectrum to be repurposed for commercial use.

The directive also calls for studies of two additional spectrum ranges — 2.69–2.9 GHz and 4.4–4.94 GHz — to determine whether they can also be cleared for full-power commercial 6G networks.