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November 18, 2025
Our nation’s first Thanksgiving Proclamation: NOT namby-pamby
Thanksgiving is around the corner. That holiday is an annual reminder of our nation’s Christian roots, our godly heritage. Although Virginia rightfully proclaims that the first Thanksgiving was in Jamestown in 1619, not in Plymouth in 1621, the Plymouth one became the prototype of our annual celebrations.
President Lincoln was the first to declare Thanksgiving as an annual holiday. George Washington was the first president under the Constitution to declare a national day of Thanksgiving.
However, Samuel Adams, with the help of two other Continental congressmen, was the first to declare a national day of Thanksgiving for America as an independent nation.
The time was the fall of 1777. Overall, it seemed that things were not going well for the United States. Americans lost the Battle of Brandywine on Sept. 11. Dr. Peter Lillback is the founder of Providence Forum, for which I am privileged to serve as executive director – since Lillback donated this organization to Coral Ridge Ministries. Lillback notes that the disastrous defeat at Brandywine was our “first 9/11,” if you will.
George Washington saw that the Brandywine defeat meant the impending fall of Philadelphia, our nation’s capital at the time, into the hands of the British.
And so, Congress had to flee westward, first to Lancaster and then to York, Pennsylvania. George Washington and his troops had to flee westward, also. They ended up in a place called Valley Forge. The worst was yet to come with the brutal winter there.
Meanwhile, on Oct. 7, 1777, there was a victory at Saratoga, New York. Samuel Adams of Boston, a key leader in American independence, saw that we as a nation could rejoice in this act of Providence (God). So, with the help of fellow Continental Congressmen Rev. John Witherspoon of New Jersey and Richard Henry Lee of Virginia – Samuel Adams wrote up our country’s first Thanksgiving declaration as an independent nation.
Adams et al. wrote in that First National Thanksgiving Proclamation, Nov. 1, 1777:
“… it is the indispensable Duty of all Men to adore the superintending Providence of Almighty God; to acknowledge with Gratitude their Obligation to him for Benefits received, and to implore such further Blessings as they stand in Need of.”
As humans, as Christians, we should be grateful. They continue, “And it having pleased him in his abundant Mercy, not only to continue to us the innumerable Bounties of his common Providence; but also to smile upon us in the Prosecution of a just and necessary War, for the Defense and Establishment of our unalienable Rights and Liberties; particularly in that he hath been pleased, in so great a Measure, to prosper the Means used for the Support of our Troops, and to crown our Arms with most signal success.”
I think it’s fair to say that Adams, Witherspoon and Lee were looking for the good news (the Saratoga victory) in a sea of bad news (American setbacks, the latest of which was the defeat at Brandywine).
They continue: “It is therefore recommended to the legislative or executive Powers of these UNITED STATES to set apart THURSDAY, the eighteenth Day of December next, for SOLEMN THANKSGIVING and PRAISE.”
And what were the Americans to do during that day of Thanksgiving and praise? To confess “their manifold sins … that it may please GOD through the Merits of JESUS CHRIST, mercifully to forgive and blot them out of Remembrance; That it may please him graciously to afford his Blessing on the Governments of these States respectively, and prosper the public Council of the whole.”
If someone prayed like this in Congress today, they might try to drive them out of town on a rail – like the leftist members of Congress who blew a gasket when California minister Jack Hibbs prayed in the name of Jesus in Congress in early 2024.
Writing on behalf of Congress, Adams, Witherspoon and Lee continue: “To inspire our Commanders, both by Land and Sea, and all under them, with that Wisdom and Fortitude which may render them fit Instruments, under the Providence of Almighty GOD, to secure for these United States, the greatest of all human Blessings, INDEPENDENCE and PEACE.”
They also prayed for God “to prosper the Trade and Manufactures of the People,” as well as the farmers, for success of the crops. They also asked for God’s help in the schools, which they note are “so necessary for cultivating the Principles of true Liberty, Virtue and Piety, under his nurturing Hand; and to prosper the Means of Religion, for the promotion and enlargement of that Kingdom, which consisteth ‘in Righteousness, Peace and Joy in the Holy Ghost.'”
This prayer proclamation is no namby-pamby type of prayer we might hear from Congress these days. These are bold proclamations of faith, showing a pro-Christian side of the Founding Fathers we rarely hear about these days.
Where’s the violence? Look to the Left
We keep being told that both sides of America’s political divide are equally culpable for violent rhetoric and violent acts.
It’s a lie. Virtually all of it comes from the political left. It wasn’t right-wingers who shot President Donald Trump and murdered health care executive Brian Thompson in New York and conservative activist Charlie Kirk in Utah in cold blood.
And it wasn’t Young Republicans who attacked a Turning Point USA event on the Berkeley campus in California Nov. 10, beating up a TPUSA staffer. Four women were also arrested on charges of felony vandalism.
For decades, threats of campus violence have sealed off students from being exposed to conservative speakers and conservative viewpoints.
Meanwhile, the legacy media persist in enforcing the illusion that everybody is equally guilty.
They still describe the deadly 2020 George Floyd riots as “mostly peaceful.” By the way, because that has elicited so much ridicule, the New York Times has slyly switched to using “broadly peaceful protests.”
Recently, there’s been an upsurge in threats against lawmakers and online discussions of whether the country is at the breaking point.
Podcaster Joe Rogan said last Tuesday that liberals cheering Charlie Kirk’s assassination were stoking conflict.
“Charlie Kirk gets shot and people are celebrating,” he said, adding, “This might be like step seven on the way to a bona fide civil war.”
I don’t think so. Conditions are far different from those of 1860, when you had two distinctive regions with profoundly different views of human liberty.
Today, the political and cultural divide cuts across communities all over the country, even though some states are getting redder while some are turning more blue.
What we need is swift justice against those who use or threaten violence to shut down opponents.
A couple of media events involving Sen. John Fetterman this past week exposed how deep the vitriol runs.
On Nov. 12, the Pennsylvania Democrat told CNN’s Dana Bash that radical elements of the left are far more malicious than the other side.
“The difference is the right will say really rough things and call me names – some I won’t repeat on TV – but on the left, it was like they want me to die,” Fetterman said.
Ms. Bash then quoted “Unfettered,” his new memoir: “You said, ‘I’ve drunk deeply of the venom of both the left and the right. As a connoisseur, I can confirm that the most poisonous, the bitterest, is from the far left.’ That is pretty remarkable to hear you say that as an elected Democrat. Why?”
Fetterman answered, “It’s just been my personal experience,” and noted that after asking his online team where the worst offenders were, “The answer was immediate. They said, ‘Oh, Bluesky. It’s Bluesky.'”
Bluesky is the Democrat version of Twitter. It was launched after Elon Musk broke the left’s censorious grip on social media by buying Twitter and turning it into X.
Mr. Fetterman continued, “They were cheering for my next stroke, saying things like, ‘That’s terrible that depression didn’t win,’ or, ‘I hope your kids find you.'”
In another revealing exchange, Katie Couric on her podcast badgered Mr. Fetterman, trying to get him to condemn Charlie Kirk. Over and over, she implied that perhaps the outspoken young activist had it coming.
“I think some people might say Charlie Kirk’s rhetoric was extreme,” she said. “People condemn political violence but they also felt a great deal of discomfort with his language, suggesting that these kinds of words lead to violence.”
Mr. Fetterman refused to bite and defended Mr. Kirk’s right to free speech.
She also tried to get Mr. Fetterman to criticize President Trump for honoring Mr. Kirk several ways, including flying U.S. flags at half-staff. Still no bite.
After noting that he didn’t often agree with Kirk, Mr. Fetterman added, “We should agree that you shouldn’t shoot people, you shouldn’t be executed in public. … you have the right not to get shot by sharing your views.”
Ms. Couric looked like she had just ingested a pickled prune.
In recent years, leftists have become more and more violent. After the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, Jane’s Revenge and other groups went on a spree against crisis pregnancy centers and churches. In some of the incidents, vandals wrote things like, “If abortion ain’t safe, you ain’t safe.”
In 2023-2024, there were 900 acts of burning or vandalism against churches, according to the Family Research Council.
By comparison, in 2023 through 2024, abortion clinics had three arsons and 169 acts of vandalism, according to the National Abortion Federation.
Perpetrators should be caught and punished. But, adding some perspective, the violence pales in comparison with what’s being done inside the clinics to little human beings.
There is nothing equivalent on the right to Black Lives Matter, Antifa, Trantifa, the Zizians cult, animal rights and climate zealots, pro-Hamas groups, or going back a few years, the Weather Underground, which set off dozens of bombs all over the U.S. and murdered law enforcement officers.
In 2020, Democrats cheered on or watched without comment for weeks as leftist rioters tore up hundreds of cities. Kamala Harris even helped start a bail fund for them.
If you ask them about all this, the typical response is, “What about Jan. 6?”
It’s all they’ve got, and they’ve been milking it for five years.
This column was first published at the Washington Times.
Trump touts manufacturing jobs created by massive Saudi investment
Air Force Senior Airman Gino Lopez grinds metal for aircraft repair at an undisclosed location, Sept. 24, 2020. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Air Force Master Sgt. Jonathan Young)Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman announced that his country will increase its U.S. investment from $600 billion to almost $1 trillion.
The White House highlighted at an event Tuesday an American factory leader who thanked President Donald Trump and the crown prince for an increase in thousands of manufacturing jobs as a result of the investment.
David Broomell of Marlton, New Jersey, is the factory leader at GE Vernova for three factories critical to producing the world’s most advanced and reliable gas turbines in America. Broomell oversees facilities in Parsippany, New Jersey, and Allentown, Pennsylvania.
“David shared a powerful story of how these historic foreign investments secured by President Trump are GOOD deals for the American people that are improving lives and fueling new opportunities,” White Hosue spokeswoman Taylor Rogers told The Daily Signal. “President Trump is putting America First by creating good-paying jobs, improving our economy, and ensuring the world’s biggest companies invest directly in our communities.”
GE Vernova announced in May during Trump’s state visit to Saudi Arabia it would export gas turbines and energy solutions worth up to $14.2 billion to Saudi Arabia.
“If you look at the landscape for GE Vernova investment, over $750 million in the U.S. focused on true manufacturing jobs here stateside,” Broomell said at the White House event. “We’re looking at tripling the output of our Greenville, South Carolina facility, where we make the gas turbines that are supporting U.S. needs as well as the Saudi Arabia needs.”
David Broomwell, Manufacturing Technology Manager at energy equipment manufacturer GE Vernova, discusses what the Saudi investment in the United States means for American jobs:
“We’re looking at tripling the output of our Greenville, South Carolina facility where we make the gas… pic.twitter.com/2SRMYMnQXd
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) November 18, 2025
Broomell said $300 million in gas investment resulted in over 500 pieces of new equipment being installed in the Greenville facility. On May 14, GE Vernova announced initiatives worth up to $14.2 billion during the state visit to accelerate Saudi Arabia’s energy transition with U.S. technology and expertise.
“That translates into roughly 1,800 jobs across the board for GE Vernova, as we try to scale capacity to be able to meet this demand,” he said. “Along with that, we’re partnering with local communities to build the skill set that’s required to meet these capacity needs. So that talent pipeline is incredibly important. So it’s real jobs in the manufacturing space.”
Thanks to Broomell, GE Vernova is on track to triple capacity of the turbines produced in America since the inauguration, a White House official said.
[Editor’s note: This story originally was published by The Daily Signal.]
U.S. Agriculture secretary pledges to ‘fix’ SNAP failings, including new re-qualification program for recipients
The federal food stamp program, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or SNAP, has been victimized by millions, probably hundreds of millions, even billions of dollars in abuse.
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said there’s already evidence of 185,000 dead people registered to get benefits, and more than 500,000 are getting benefits twice. One person had registered the same Social Security number for benefits in six states
And the solution will involve, at least in part, a new program to have beneficiaries reapply for the program.
That cash handout was what was at risk by the Schumer Shutdown, the Democrats’ agenda to shut down the government to force Republicans to reach into taxpayers’ pockets for $1.5 trillion for the Democrats’ specific agenda points.
That didn’t happen, but SNAP resumed operations when the Democrats eventually caved in and allowed the government to reopen.
Now according to a report originally in the Washington Stand, the requirement to reapply is coming.
When Rollins took office, letters were sent to state governments requesting information on the program’s use of money. Only 29 states responded, mostly from Republican administrations, but even that confirmed there’s “a lot of fraud,” Rollins said.
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins watches President Donald Trump deliver remarks before signing the One Big Beautiful Bill Act on the South Lawn of the White House, Friday, July 4, 2025, during the 4th of July picnic. (Official White House photo by Molly Riley)She said the stunning results included hundreds of thousands of recipients who are dead, many more getting paid twice.
“Here’s the really stunning thing: This is just data from those 29 mostly-red states. Can you imagine when we get our hands on the blue-state data, what we’re going to find?” she said.
She continued, “The president has made this a priority. We will fix this program.”
And that includes people reapplying for benefits to “make sure that everyone who’s taking a taxpayer-funded benefit through SNAP or food stamps that they literally are vulnerable, and they can’t survive without it. That’s the next step here.”
She said, “I do think what the Democrats did not include in their calculation, in their insane government shutdown, was the fact that this spotlight was going to [shine] upon one of their favorite government welfare programs that, under Joe Biden, increased 40%. All of this money that the federal government, the taxpayers are paying for food stamps, we don’t even know where it goes, what happens, what they’re doing with it.”
In fact, four in five recipients are “able-bodied Americans” who could work.
“They don’t have small children at home, they’re not taking care of an elderly parent, they can work and they choose not to work, of course, because they’re getting significant benefits from the taxpayer. … So this … is perhaps one of the most corrupt, dysfunctional programs in American history that—we are working now… We are cracking down. We now have a plan to fix it.”
A researcher for the Heritage Foundation told the Stand there’s probably $9 billion in SNAP overpayment errors for just 2024.
“Individuals commit SNAP fraud by: providing false information on their SNAP applications to increase their benefit amount (e.g., claiming they have lower income and/or higher costs than they actually do or claiming more people live in the household than actually do), stealing another person’s identity to claim benefits, selling SNAP benefits for cash or other goods, or running up a balance on their SNAP card and then reporting the card stolen so they can receive more benefits,” the researcher explained.
Other parts of the resolution may be to have states fund part of the costs, so they have “skin in the game.”
‘I will murder that stupid f***er’: Man named JD Vance sent to prison for threatening to kill VP, Trump, Musk
President Donald Trump and members of the U.S. delegation await the arrival of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban in the West Wing Lobby of the White House, Friday, Nov. 7, 2025. (Official White House Photo by Mollly Riley)Apparently, not everyone named JD Vance is a MAGA Republican.
Consider James Donald “JD” Vance Jr., a Michigan man sentenced to two years in prison for threatening to kill the Vice President JD Vance, as well as President Trump, Donald Trump Jr. and Elon Musk.
Vance Jr., a 67-year-old from Grand Rapids, Michigan, has pleaded guilty to the dastardly deed after using left-wing social media app BlueSky to post several threats, reports the
According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Michigan, Vance used the alias “Diaperjdv.”
“If Trump, Vance, or Musk ever come to my city again, they will leave it in a body bag,” Vance allegedly wrote in an April 1 post.
“I will either be shot by a secret service sniper or spend the rest of my life in prison. I’ve only got about 10 years of life left anyway so I don’t f***ing care either way,” he added.
In another post, on March 7, with the headline “Donald Trump Jr. Considering a Run for President in 2028,” Vance threatened the president’s oldest son.
“I will murder that stupid f***er before he gets secret service protection,” Vance wrote, according to federal investigators.
The Post reports that Vance pleaded guilty to two felonies of threatening to kill or injure the president and vice president, and interstate threatening communications.
United States Attorney Timothy VerHey said in a statement:
“When Vance said he planned to kill our President and the Vice President simply because he disagreed with them, he crossed a line we all understand and so had to be punished.”
The older Vance is not related to the veep, whose birth name is James Donald Bowman. He later changed his name to James David Vance.
‘Undermining the process’: 23 House Democrats defect, vote to rebuke fellow Dem for ‘election subversion’
U.S. Rep. Chuy García, D-Ill.The House of Representatives voted to formally rebuke Democratic Illinois Rep. Chuy García for effectively choosing his successor in a retirement scheme that critics have labeled a coronation.
A group of 23 Democrats, including the resolution’s sponsor Washington Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, joined nearly all voting Republicans in denouncing García for “undermining the process of a free and fair election” with the timing of his retirement announcement. House Democratic leadership failed to prevent a mass exodus of Democrats from supporting the symbolic resolution calling out anti-democratic behavior in their caucus.
“Congressman Chuy García has been a progressive champion and voice for the voiceless in his community for decades,” House Democratic leadership said in a joint statement Tuesday in an attempt to head off defections from their own caucus. “We unequivocally oppose this misguided resolution.”
However, a majority of lawmakers appeared to have been persuaded by Gluesenkamp Perez’s argument that García’s retirement gambit constituted “election subversion.”
García, 69, announced his decision to not seek reelection after the filing deadline to run for his seat had passed, leaving his chief of staff, who entered the race hours before the cutoff date, the Democratic Party’s automatic nominee.
Garcí1 has denied effectively hand-picking his successor, but he told the Chicago Sun Times that he helped his chief of staff collect the requisite signatures necessary to qualify for the primary ballot. García did not announce his retirement until several days after the filing deadline.
“You don’t get your cake and eat it too,” Gluesenkamp Perez said on the House floor Monday. “If you’re not going to run, you don’t get to choose your successor no matter how noble the work you have done beforehand.”
A group of progressive House Democrats railed against Gluesenkamp Perez on the House floor Monday night for advancing her resolution over House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries’ explicit objection.
“Chuy Garcia has stood his ground in moments when others have not, including the sponsor of this resolution of disapproval who has opened the doors to authoritarianism by the way she votes,” Democratic Illinois Rep. Delia Ramirez said while taking aim at Glusenkamp Perez’s moderate voting record.
Democratic Washington Rep. Pramila Jayapal, the leader of the congressional progressive caucus, also criticized the resolution in a brief interview with the Daily Caller News Foundation.
“I think that it’s a very unusual and unique situation, and I think that there should be laws in every state that ensure that somebody can’t drop out at the last minute without fairness,” Jayapal said. “But I don’t understand why somebody from my home state of Washington would be opining a resolution of disapproval. Like, why not work to change the law in Illinois?”
The Congressional Leadership Fund, a top GOP super PAC involved in House races, criticized Gluesenkamp Perez for failing to have the same energy for condemning the party’s apparent coronation of former Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election.
Democrats, however, were eligible to challenge Harris for the presidential nomination unlike García’s eleventh-hour retirement move.
“Marie Gluesenkamp Perez was complicit in the anointing of Kamala Harris and disenfranchisement of millions of Washington State voters,” CLF spokeswoman Lydia Hall said in a statement. “Why does she suddenly care that Illinois voters are being disenfranchised but didn’t care when it was happening in her home state and the entire country?”
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Censure sought for Congresswoman Stacey Plaskett after she secretly took directions in real time from Epstein
President Bill Clinton, right, talks with Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell during a White House reception in September 1993. (Photo courtesy of the William J. Clinton Presidential Library)A censure is being sought for a Democrat member of Congress who was caught taking directions from, and reporting to, the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein during a congressional hearing with a lawyer for President Donald Trump.
According to a report from the Blaze, it is House Freedom Caucus member Rep. Ralph Norman, R-S.C., who has filed a motion to censure Delegate Stacey Plaskett, a non-voting representative for the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Emails released recently from Epstein’s file confirmed she was “colluding” with Epstein during the hearing, the report said.
It was during a 2019 hearing with Trump’s former lawyer, Michael Cohen, when Plaskett and Epstein exchanged numerous text messages, with Epstein complimenting Plaskett on her appearance, her questions and more. And he directed some of her questions by providing insider information.
The censure would formally condemn Plaskett and strip her of her committee assignments, the report said.
BREAKING: @RepRalphNorman has just filed to CENSURE Democrat Rep. Stacey Plaskett and REMOVE her from the Intel committee for colluding with Jeffrey Epstein during a hearing
Newly released emails also show Plaskett was BEGGING for Epstein to meet her as recently as 2018, WELL… pic.twitter.com/xOG7nToieV
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) November 18, 2025
Rep. Plaskett was texting a convicted child sex predator, not as an attempt to help the victims but instead just looking for dirt on the president (they found none). This is a gross example of why the American people hate Congress. @StaceyPlaskett is an embarrassment to women… pic.twitter.com/U2nR68fhMP
— Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (@RepLuna) November 17, 2025
The Washington Post reported the text messages appeared to influence Plaskett’s questions.
“In the texts, Epstein appeared to be watching the February 2019 hearing in real time and at one point informed Plaskett — whose name is redacted from the documents — that Cohen had brought up former Trump executive assistant Rhona Graff in his testimony. At the time, Cohen was testifying before the House Oversight Committee against his former boss, alleging that Trump was racist, manipulated financial records and directed hush money payments to cover up his extramarital affairs — allegations Trump denied. The president said on social media that Cohen was ‘lying’ before testimony began,” a report said.
“Cohen brought up RONA – keeper of the secrets,” Epstein texted, misspelling Graff’s name. “RONA??” Plaskett responded. “Quick I’m up next is that an acronym?”
Plaskett’s office eventually released a comment: “During the hearing, Congresswoman Plaskett received texts from staff, constituents and the public at large offering advice, support and in some cases partisan vitriol, including from Epstein. As a former prosecutor she welcomes information that helps her get at the truth and took on the GOP that was trying to bury the truth. The congresswoman has previously made clear her long record combating sexual assault and human trafficking, her disgust over Epstein’s deviant behavior and her support for his victims.”
WorldNetDaily previously reported on comments that suggested Epstein was influencing what questions Plaskett asked.
Plaskett has a history with Epstein going back to her time in the Virgin Islands’ government.
The Daily Signal documented, “Plaskett received a total of $8,100 in campaign donations from Epstein in 2014, 2016, and 2018, the New York Post reported, the maximum allowed. This was years after Epstein pleaded guilty to procuring a child for prostitution. She also personally solicited from Epstein at his New York home a $30,000 donation to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.”
Epstein was arrested again in July 2019 on federal charges of sex trafficking minors and conspiracy. One month later, Epstein was found dead in his jail cell.
Dem congresswoman got coached by Jeffrey Epstein during Trump hearing. What’s their connection?
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‘Quick, I’m up next’: Democrat committee member texted Epstein for advice during hearing
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‘Bombshell’: Democrat lawfare insider says Obama team refused to allow prosecution of Hillary Clinton
An insider to that years-long Democrat lawfare campaign against President Donald Trump has confirmed in testimony to Congress that it was the Barack Obama Department of Justice that vetoed plans to accuse Hillary Clinton of gross negligence in her email scandal.
That scandal developed just as she was running her failed campaign, as the Democrat nominee, to become president in 2016.
She set up a private computer server in her home and, allegedly in violation of the federal law, ran government secrets through it. She notably allegedly used a hammer to destroy some of her communications devices at the time.
She was not charged after then-FBI chief James Comey claimed an independent investigation had made clear that no reasonable prosecutor would take the case.
Online reports are calling it a “bombshell” from ex-FBI lawyer Lisa Page.
Lisa PageShe also has been in the headlines as the paramour with whom former FBI agent Peter Strzok exchanged messages about how they would not allow Trump to become president, because of an insurance policy.
That whole scenario, in fact, involved multiple government agencies under Obama’s tenure, a scheme from Clinton to distract voters’ attention from her own scandal by falsely tying Trump to Russia, and much more.
A new report outlines Page’s testimony, earlier this year.
She confirmed Obama’s DSOJ ordered lawyers not to even consider charging Clinton over that email scandal.
BREAKING: A new bombshell has landed.
Former CIA Director John Ratcliffe says Lisa Page testified under oath that the Obama DOJ instructed the FBI not to even think about charging Hillary Clinton despite her “gross negligence” with classified information.
They shielded her… pic.twitter.com/rEiHY1rN7e
— MAGA NATION (@MAGANationX) November 18, 2025
NEW BOMBSHELL JUST DROPPED
Former CIA Director John Ratcliffe says Lisa Page admitted under oath that the Obama DOJ told the FBI NOT to even consider charging Hillary Clinton — despite her “gross negligence” with classified material.
They protected her from day one.
And they… pic.twitter.com/1eEc8sB8WC
— Charlie’s Voice Rising (@CharlieK_news) November 17, 2025
A Fox News report explained Rep. John Ratcliffe, during the hearing, brought up several questions.
“You’re making it sound like it was the department that told you: you’re not going to charge gross negligence because we’re the prosecutors,” he said.
Page interrupted, “That is correct.”
At the time of the email scandal, Comey, now under investigation for allegedly lying to Congress, claimed in a broadcast speech, “What I can assure the American people is that this investigation was done honestly, competently and independently. No outside influence of any kind was brought to bear.”
Trump’s response included that that “makes the Obama justice department look exactly like it was, a broken and corrupt machine.”
‘You’re a terrible person and a terrible reporter’: Watch Trump eviscerate ABC News White House correspondent
President Donald Trump calls Mary Bruce of ABC News a ‘terrible person’ in the Oval Office on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025It’s not always easy being a journalist in the Oval Office.
Just ask Mary Bruce, the White House correspondent for ABC News, who was verbally shredded by President Donald Trump on Tuesday when she asked him why he himself just didn’t release the Jeffrey Epstein files without Congress getting involved.
“It’s not the question that I mind, it’s your attitude. I think you are a terrible reporter. It’s the way you ask these questions,” Trump told Bruce.
“You start off with a man who’s highly respected, asking him a horrible, insubordinate, and just a terrible question. And you could even ask that same exact question nicely. You’re all psyched up. Somebody psyched you over at ABC. You’re going to psych it. You’re a terrible person and a terrible reporter.”
Trump going OFF on a reporter from ABC over asking about the Epstein files during his meeting with MBS.
“You’re a terrible person, and a terrible reporter.”
He’s slamming the media for not talking about how Epstein was friends with Democrats like Larry Summers and Bill… pic.twitter.com/qePzn3b0m8
— Laura Loomer (@LauraLoomer) November 18, 2025
Trump stressed he had nothing to do with Epstein since he booted the pedophile from his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, in the early 2000s. But he did reiterate the alleged involvement of former President Bill Clinton and former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers with Epstein.
“As far as the Epstein files is, I have nothing to do with Jeffrey Epstein,” Trump continued. “I threw him out of my club many years ago because I thought he was a sick pervert. But I guess I turned out to be right.
Mary Bruce of ABC News“But you know who does have? Bill Clinton, Larry Summers, who ran Harvard, was with him every single night, every single weekend. They lived together. They went to his island many times. I never did … You just keep going on the Epstein files.”
“And what the Epstein is, is a Democrat hoax to try and get me not to be able to talk about the 21 trillion dollars that I talked about today. It’s a hoax,” Trump said.
“And ABC is your company. Your crappy company is one of the perpetrators. I think the license should be taken away from ABC because your news is so fake and it’s so wrong.”
After Trump’s smackdown of Bruce, the House of Representatives on Tuesday overwhelmingly passed a bill ordering the release of the Justice Department’s files on Epstein.
It passed by a margin of 427 to 1, with U.S. Rep. Clay Higgins, R-La., the only vote against the measure.
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