DOJ buries Epstein appeal while Trump ships AI to China and calls it “national security.”

The swamp’s still running the show—Trump’s just handing them better tools.

Good Morning, it’s Thursday, July 17th, 2025.

China’s economy “grew” 5.2%—according to China. Nvidia’s now allowed to sell advanced AI chips to our biggest enemy. Fourteen million kids went completely unvaccinated in 2024 because public trust in institutions is dead. And just in case you thought justice was still a thing, the DOJ is begging the Supreme Court to help them shut down Ghislaine Maxwell’s appeal—because it might expose the Epstein client list they’ve been protecting for decades. Anyone still think the system works?

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China says it “grew” 5.2%—but their consumers are broke and their lies are showing

They’re bragging about 5.2% growth while their economy bleeds from the inside. The CCP’s export numbers are up, but consumer spending is down, unemployment is surging, and Chinese families are hoarding cash like it’s 2020 all over again.

This isn’t a recovery—it’s propaganda. China’s cooking the books just like they cooked COVID stats, manipulating export figures through phantom pricing and shadow subsidies to distract from collapsing demand at home. You don’t need a PhD in economics to understand this: people can’t fake buying things they can’t afford.

Beijing’s playing the long game, flooding global markets and propping up fake growth while the real economy craters. And just like always, the media parrots it instead of asking who’s really getting played. The next economic shock isn’t coming from Wall Street—it’s coming from the Chinese Politburo.

Trump talks tough on China—then signs off on selling them our most powerful AI chips

China’s the enemy… until Wall Street wants a deal. Nvidia just got the green light to sell its H20 AI chips to Chinese firms—chips powerful enough to fuel surveillance, warfare, and everything else we supposedly don’t want China doing. And guess who signed off? The same administration that ran on “decoupling” and “America First.”

This isn’t strategy—it’s corporate capture. Nvidia’s CEO gets his closed-door meeting, his export approval, and billions in profit. You? You get fed another round of national security theater while Silicon Valley outfits our biggest adversary with the tech of the future.

The swamp didn’t get drained—it upgraded to AI. And it just proved again: every administration—red or blue—takes orders from the same boardrooms when the price is high enough.

14 million children got zero vaccines last year—and nobody’s asking why

The UN says 14 million children didn’t receive a single vaccine in 2024. Not one. And instead of asking what broke, they’re blaming “misinformation” and social media.

Here’s the truth they won’t admit: when governments lied about COVID, pushed mandates with no long-term data, and smeared anyone who asked questions, they torched the public’s trust. Now, parents aren’t hesitating—they’re outright opting out. Globally. This isn’t fringe anymore. It’s a mainstream backlash against the institutions that told us to “trust the science” while hiding the side effects.

This isn’t just about vaccines—this is about a system that destroyed its own credibility, and is now shocked that people don’t want to play along.

DOJ Pushes to Bury Ghislaine Maxwell’s Appeal—And The Epstein Client List With It

The Department of Justice is asking the Supreme Court to reject Ghislaine Maxwell’s appeal, aiming to lock the door on the last legal lever that could force discovery of Epstein’s client list. They claim there’s no merit in her attempt to overturn her conviction. But the real reason they want this dead in the water? Because an appeal means reopening the books. And inside those books are names—powerful, protected names.

An appeal at this level could trigger the release of sealed evidence, previously suppressed testimony, and internal DOJ decisions that have kept the Epstein operation siloed to two conveniently dead people. It would expose just how far the government has gone to avoid prosecuting clients—the men who paid, abused, and trafficked with impunity while the media pointed fingers at the already-convicted.

The DOJ doesn’t fear Ghislaine Maxwell walking free. They fear the sunlight. Her appeal could unravel the carefully maintained fiction that this was just a two-person operation. And it would reveal what many of us already know: that the same justice system prosecuting low-level January 6 trespassers at gunpoint has spent years making sure no billionaire, prince, or politician ever faces the inside of a courtroom for what they did on Epstein’s planes and islands.

This isn’t closure—it’s cover-up. And the DOJ is once again doing what it does best: protecting the powerful from consequences while pretending to serve justice.

TRUMP’S OWN AG DEFIES HIM ON EPSTEIN FILES

AG Pam Bondi says her position on the Epstein files won’t change—despite Trump publicly suggesting otherwise. That’s not just disagreement—it’s defiance from inside the house. When your own appointees tell you “no” on national TV, you’re not running the show. This is how the deep state flexes power even under “friendly” administrations. Bondi refusing to release names begs a bigger question: if Trump can’t even get this done, what else is being blocked behind the scenes? The DOJ isn’t “neutral”—it’s captured, and this is your proof.

• GLOBAL AIDS FUNDING QUIETLY PROTECTED AFTER TRUMP BACKPEDALS

  Trump talked tough about cutting $400 million in AIDS funding—but folded the second GOP donors squawked. It’s the same pattern from his first term: fire up the base, then quietly protect the same corrupt systems.

• ICE MEMO CANCELS BOND HEARINGS—NO COURT, NO CONSTITUTION

  A new ICE directive just stripped millions of undocumented immigrants of their right to bond hearings—no judge, no oversight, no due process. When agencies can override the Constitution with a memo, we’re not a republic—we’re a regime.

• AFGHAN RELOCATION SCANDAL UNSEALED AFTER COURT COVERUP EXPIRES

  A court injunction shielding Biden’s botched Afghan relocation effort has been lifted—exposing chaos, incompetence, and real names. Bureaucrats endangered allies and then used the judiciary to hide their failure under “national security.”

• SYRIA BLEEDS WHILE ISRAEL, IRAN, AND RUSSIA PLAY CHESS

  Syria’s latest death toll topped 100 as Israeli strikes followed bloody Druze-government clashes—another day in the world’s most profitable proxy war. These aren’t ancient feuds—they’re engineered flashpoints managed by puppet masters.

• UKRAINE REJECTS TRUMP’S 50-DAY PUTIN PLAN—WANTS WAR CASH INSTEAD

  Zelensky’s crew is mocking Trump’s proposed peace deadline, because war is a business—and business is booming. Why end the conflict when billions are flowing, arms are moving, and global sympathy is still free PR?

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