Former Biden aide Anthony Bernal is a seriously dark figure. But he doesn’t
look or sound like it.






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The Latest


Wall Street Journal Publishes Trump-Epstein Story, President Threatens to Sue


Donald Trump is furious at The Wall Street Journal.

The newspaper published a tabloid hit piece on the president on Thursday,
highlighting a racy birthday letter it claims he wrote Jeffrey Epstein in 2003.
The note features a drawing of a naked woman. Trump says he didn’t make it.

“The Wall Street Journal, and Rupert Murdoch, personally, were warned
directly by President Donald J. Trump that the supposed letter they printed by
President Trump to Epstein was a FAKE and, if they print it, they will be
sued,” the president wrote on Truth Social. Now, “President Trump will be suing
The Wall Street Journal, NewsCorp, and Mr. Murdoch, shortly… This is yet
another example of FAKE NEWS!”

Even if Trump is the artist, this is not a scandal. Someone drawing an
inappropriate picture over two decades ago does not deserve headlines,
especially considering the Epstein story has no shortage of anglesactually
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Israel Attacks Gaza’s Only Catholic Church, Pope Demands Ceasefire


The Israeli Defense Forces attacked Gaza's Holy Family Church on Thursday,
killing at least three sheltering people and injuring several more. The Pope is
less than pleased.

"His Holiness Pope Leo XIV was deeply saddened to learn of the loss of life
and injury caused by the military attack on the Holy Family Catholic Church in
Gaza,” a Vatican statement said. He “renews his call for an immediate
ceasefire, and he expresses his profound hope for dialogue, reconciliation and
enduring peace in the region," it added.

How will the neocons react to that message? Will Mark Levin have the gall to
call the Chicago Pope an anti-Semite? We wouldn’t put it past him.

Meanwhile, the Netanyahu government expressed “deep regret” for the assault,
telling the White House it “was a mistake.” That leaves two possibilities:
either they’re lying and the attack was actually deliberate, or the IDF isso
incompetent that its strike on Gaza’s only catholic church was a legitimate
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Karen Bass Claimed ICE Kidnapped a Mother on Her Way to Work. Prosecutors Say
It Was a Hoax.


Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass touted the claims of an illegal immigrant who
claimed masked ICE agents kidnapped her last month.

The woman accused officers of abducting her in a parking lot on her way to
work, and her family said "she was taken … to the border and pressured to sign
self-deportation paperwork."

According to the U.S. attorney’s office in Los Angeles, "this entire story
was fabricated."

Video footage shows the woman calmly leaving the parking lot in a sedan—not a
vehicle with heavily armed federal agents, according to the criminal complaint
against her. She later staged photos of her "rescue" that made it look like ICE
abused her, and planned to hold a press conference to increase donations to her
GoFundMe page and to obtain other benefits, prosecutors say.

Someone should ask Karen Bass why she would promote such a false story. If she
really thought her anti-law stance had merit, why would she need to lie? Read
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Trump Will Not Support GOP Amnesty Bill


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amnesty bill, promoting the legislationin Spanish on X
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Donald Trump to back it.

“The same God who saved you from death in Pennsylvania one year ago and who
put you back in the Oval Office, against all odds, is the same God Almighty who
millions and millions [of illegal migrants] are begging to for some type of
dignity,” Salazar told the president during a press conference this week.

Imagine invoking God to promote the destruction of America’s rule of law.

Thankfully, the president will not adhere to Salazar’s wishes. The White
House rejected her sentiment on Thursday, saying Trump “will not support
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CBS Reporter Claims PTSD from Trump Assassination Attempt. You Won’t Believe
Why.


Anyone who attended last year’s infamous Butler Trump rally has good reason to
be scarred. Experiencing that level of chaos while grappling with the
possibility of losing your life can change a person. So can witnessing multiple
people taking bullets.

CBS News reporter Scott MacFarlane was there for the tragedy, and he’s haunted
by the kind of trauma we just described. But not for a reason you may expect.

“It wasn't the shooting, Chuck. This was – I got diagnosed with PTSD within
48 hours. I got put on trauma leave, not because, I think, of the shooting, but
because you saw it in the eyes, the reaction of the people,” he said in a
Wednesday interview. “They were coming for us. If [Trump] didn't jump up with
his fist, they were going to come kill us!"

Got that? Donald Trump got shot in the head. Corey Comperatore died shielding
his family. But MacFarlane has to make it all about him. What a perfect
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REPORT: Government Employee Indicted for Threatening to Kill Marjorie Taylor
Greene


Marjorie Taylor Greene is the Republican Party’s most honest member of
Congress. Many people hate her for it. At least one threatened to kill her.

Authorities arrested a Voice of America aide on Thursday for allegedly issuing
a series of violent threats against the congresswoman and her staff, slapping
the man with a four-count federal indictment that could land him behind bars.

Court filings say Seth Jason placed eight anonymous calls to Greene’s offices
between October 2023 and January 2025, threatening to use firearms to kill the
lawmaker, her employees, and their families. He made the alleged calls with
taxpayer-funded phones.Read more
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Stephen Colbert’s Show Is Ending


Do you enjoy dancing vaccines?
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CBS is canceling Stephen Colbert’s show.

The mainstream media network announced its plan to axe "The Late Show With
Stephen Colbert" on Thursday, saying next May will be the program’s final month.

Perhaps a new gig as a Pfizer executive is in the comedian’s future. Read more
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Commentary


The Bernality of Evil


If you’re an ardent political news nerd like us, you’ve probably heard of
Anthony Bernal. The former Jill Biden aide has earned plenty of recent
headlines, mostly centered around his allegedly repugnant character and
reported iron grip on the day-to-day functions of the previous White House.

“I would avoid him,” former administration staffer Deterrian Jones said in
May. “He was scary.”

A 2024 report
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supported that claim, painting Bernal as a “nightmare” while highlighting
tales of serial bullying and sexual harassment.

Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson’s Original Sin pushed the narrative even
further, reporting that some Biden staff “described [Bernal] as the worst
person they had ever met," and quoting one who said, “He would not be welcome
at my funeral.”

That’s pretty intense.

Given those horror stories, we couldn’t help but feel intrigued to watch
Bernal’s Wednesday testimony on the Biden decline cover-up.

“What was this guy going to look like?” we found ourselves wondering.

It’s hard to visualize a character as seemingly dark as Bernal. Would he have
horns? Unblinking red eyes? A long, triangular tongue? Vampire fangs? No nose
like Voldemort? Could he be built like a WWE fighter, ready and willing to
literally snap his detractors in half if they failed to follow his commands?

And what about his voice? Would he sound like Darth Vader? Or the Joker? Or
maybe he’d speak like Scar fromThe Lion King? We really weren’t sure what to
expect. The answer surprised us.

Watch Bernal’s testimony for yourself
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descriptions above. Rather than appearing like some sort of behemoth, the
Democrat operative comes across as a scrawny dweeb, no taller than 5′6″ and
topped by the kind of emerging bald spot all men fret. And his voice? It’s not
imposingat all, instead sounding like that of a liberal arts thespian gearing
up for his big role in this semester’sPeter Pan.

The moral of this story is relevant throughout history. Evil doesn't always
wear a devil's mask. It can appear boring, regular, and even polite. Take a
look at a young Josef Stalin
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. They don’t jump off the screen as inherent villains. Neither does Bernal. But
if the reports are to be believed, that’s exactly what he is.


 

Videos of the Day

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This Day in History


July 18, 1940: Democrats nominate Franklin Roosevelt for an unprecedented
third term. Ever since George Washington declined to seek reelection in 1796,
presidential politics had an unwritten rule that commanders in chief would only
serve two terms. FDR used World War II to justify spurning that tradition,
saying he considered maintaining his grip on power his duty as Hitler’s Germany
rose in Europe. Roosevelt defeated Republican businessman Wendell Wilkie in the
general election and remained in office until his death in 1945. Congress and
the states ratified the 22nd Amendment six years later, officially limiting
presidents to two terms.



 

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