James Downie

NBC: "DOJ says names of two associates Epstein wired $100k and $250k to should stay secret." The payments were made shortly after the Miami Herald began publishing @jkbjournalist.bsky.social's investigative series: www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

Bloomberg: "US factory activity shrank in August for a sixth straight month, driven by a pullback in production that shows manufacturing remains bogged down by higher import duties." www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

CBS/YouGov poll: – 57% oppose deploying the National Guard to DC – 58% oppose deployments to other cities – Just 36% on independents support deployments Pundits who are imagining a hypothetical voter should stop claiming that voter would support these deployments: www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-n...

Obviously Hegseth's -22 is the highlight (lowlight?) here, but RFK polling as poorly as Rubio is also noteworthy. (Source: www.mediaite.com/politics/red...)

NYT: "The Trump administration has pressed its spy agencies to identify someone" who can take over the government in Cuba. Presumably because of U.S. intelligence agencies' sterling track record in change-of-leadership operations in Cuba.

There are many things the next Dem administration can investigate Trump for. But politically speaking, "selling insider information to Wall Street" should be at or near the top of the list.

Ten Democrats (plus Rand Paul) voted against the Graham Act: Blunt Rochester Hassan Hirono Markey Ossoff Padilla Sanders Warren Welch Wyden

Nothing gets past Andy Harris, folks.

So we're calling the ballroom a "Military Center" now, huh.

Someone told Bill Cassidy the word "gullible" isn't in the dictionary, and he believed them.

"I will punch this baby in the face. I will be criticized for this punch – what else is new?"