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The Daily Signal - Victor Davis Hanson: Trump’s Epstein Letter Isn’t the Scandal You Think It Is

While critics accuse the Trump administration of withholding damning information, Victor Davis Hanson argues the truth of the controversy is much more complicated—and a lot less interesting—than you’d think. 


Why didn’t Democrats ever release the names? And how much truth is there to the recent Wall Street Journal article that reported Trump wrote a letter Epstein filled with strange language and suggestive imagery? Victor Davis Hanson answers these questions on today’s episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words.”


“ I think Donald Trump is going to release all the information that the government has. There'll probably be 150 or 200 names. And we'll let the internet mob or individuals or Freedom of Information requests or lower court judges, they will adjudicate it and we will find out the particular statuses. The vast majority of people will be very innocent, that they didn't do anything wrong. But there will be some people that will have a cast, a shadow of doubt. And we'll have to find out.


“ I think The Wall Street Journal will have to make a correction, unless they want to take Donald Trump to court and Donald Trump wants to see—he's filed suit against them. And there'll be a lot of discovery and who knows what will happen. But for right now, I think he's salvaged this problem and aborted a controversy by just saying, ‘Get this stuff out there and let the people decide.’”


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(0:00) Introduction

(0:54) Trump Administration's Handling of Epstein Files

(2:29) The List of Names and Their Implications

(4:41) Trump's Letter to Epstein

(6:33) The Wall Street Journal Allegations

(8:05) The Future of the Epstein Files

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WSJ What’s News - Harvard, Trump Administration Face Off in Court Over Research Funding

P.M. Edition for July 21. The battle between Harvard University and the Trump administration reached a crescendo today as they met in a federal courtroom in Boston over the government’s cancellation of more than $2 billion of research funding. We hear from WSJ higher education reporter Sara Randazzo about the case, and where it goes from here. Plus, as the valuations of chip companies rise, Heard on the Street writer Asa Fitch says investors are ignoring the looming threat of tariffs on chips. And slumping U.S. EV sales mean that battery makers have capacity to spare, so they’re turning to a new market: energy-storage systems. WSJ autos reporter Chris Otts tells us what the impact of such a pivot might be. Alex Ossola hosts.


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1A - ‘If You Can Keep It’: The Layoffs At The Departments Of State And Education

This month, two Supreme Court decisions allowed the Trump administration to move forward with significant federal layoffs, including many at the Departments of Education and State.

The State Department laid off senior intelligence analysts specializing in Russia and Ukraine, right as the U.S. ramps up its maneuvering to encourage Vladimir Putin to agree to a peace deal.

And at the Department of Education, the Federal Student Aid office, responsible for administering student loans and Pell Grants, lost hundreds of people.

We break down both situations.

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Motley Fool Money - Has Biotech Met Its Moment?

A surge in private market investment has Fools wondering: is it time to bet bigger on biotech?


Tim Beyers and Karl Thiel discuss:


- The rise in biotech funding from VCs and wealthy individuals.


- The key attributes of an investable biotech.


- Which is the better biotech: Viking Therapeutics or Eli Lilly?


Companies discussed: VKTX, LLY, MRK


Host: Tim Beyers and Karl Thiel


Producer: Anand Chokkavelu


Engineer: Dan Boyd, Natasha Hall



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Stuff They Don't Want You To Know - Strange News: Oh, Man. Epstein. Also: Yeti Blood Oaths, Become A Wild Man, UNO in Vegas, Swedish Fitness Leaks, Twitter Waifus and More

The Epstein saga continues to unfold, despite the US government saying there's "nothing to see here." China will hire you to be a wild man. UNO rolls out in Vegas. Swedish royal bodyguards accidentally leak location data via fitness apps. Twitter wants you to get an AI girlfriend. Oh, and Yeti Blood Oaths. All this and more in this week's strange news segment.

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The Journal. - One American Company Taking on China’s Rare-Earth Dominance

Tiny rare-earth magnets are used for building phones, electric cars, and submarines, but nearly all of them are mined and made in China. One U.S. company is trying to change that. WSJ’s Jon Emont spoke with MP Materials’ CEO about his goals for the mine, which has now made deals with the Pentagon, General Motors, and Apple. Can this industry come back the U.S.? Jessica Mendoza hosts. 


Further Listening:

-Why Trump Wants Ukrainian Minerals 

-Greenland Has Tons of Minerals. So Where Are All the Miners? 


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The Bulwark Podcast - Bill Kristol: It’s the Crimes and the Cover-Up

Our government disappeared hundreds of Venezuelans to a hellish Salvadoran prison for 125 days. When Trump's and Stephen Miller's whole CECOT plan even became too much for the dictator who runs El Salvador, Marco Rubio helped orchestrate a political win for Venezuela's strongman, Nicolas Maduro—who gets to look like a white knight in the hostage exchange. Meanwhile, the administration still has not recovered from its rake-step claim that there was no Epstein list. Did Bondi release her memo because the 1,000 FBI personnel who were made to review the Epstein documents kept finding Trump's name? Cover-ups are hard. Plus, now the Dems have new reasons to not cooperate with Republicans.

Bill Kristol joins Tim Miller.

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Marketplace All-in-One - ICE says it’s coming for companies too

Acting head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement Todd Lyons said his agency’s crackdown on unauthorized immigration will extend to employers as well. Industries that rely heavily on undocumented workers are pushing back. We’ll get into it. And, American consumers are spending in the face of tariff-fueled inflation fears. (For now, at least.) Plus, Korean beauty loyalists and summer camps for sewing make us smile.


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The Daily Signal - Remembering Ed Feulner: A Legacy of Conservative Leadership

Over the weekend the Founder of the Heritage Foundation Ed Feulner passed away at the age of 83.

Joe Thomas sits down with one of the people Ed looked to to keep refreshing the way the truth about American Conservatism was shared to talk about his life and legacy. 

Daily Signal editor-in-chief Rob Bluey.


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