The Daily Populous

Wednesday July 23rd, 2025 evening edition

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Wyden’s letter seeks to demonstrate what the Trump administration is not doing to examine Epstein’s financial relations with the rich and powerful.

This comes after Bondi’s recent announcement that there’s no evidence of any Epstein “client list,” which appeared to close the door on any release of the “Epstein files,” the trove of evidence gathered by law enforcement in connection with his arrest.

That has persuaded much of the MAGA movement—and many liberals and Democrats—that a lot is being kept hidden about his activities that would implicate other elites.

Wyden’s move here is in some ways a trolling exercise, since DOJ won’t act on it.

For instance, Wyden suggests that DOJ prosecutors and FBI agents should “immediately investigate the evidence contained in the Treasury Department records on Epstein.”

Wyden’s investigators know of these records because his office has been examining Epstein’s financial transactions for several years.

In February 2024—when Democrats controlled the Senate—Wyden’s staff viewed in camera (that is, privately) thousands of pages of Treasury files documenting those transactions. »

Pam Bondi fires U.S. attorney whom N.J. judges had named to replace Trump ally Alina Habba

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WASHINGTON — Attorney General Pam Bondi on Tuesday fired a federal prosecutor whom New Jersey's federal judges had named to replace the state's interim U.S. attorney, Alina Habba, a close ally of President Donald Trump.

Desiree Leigh Grace was named U.S. attorney for New Jersey, according to an order the chief judge for the District of New Jersey, Renee Marie Bumb, signed Tuesday.

Trump has nominated Habba to take over the position on a permanent basis, but the nomination has not yet advanced in the Senate Judiciary Committee. »

Protesters drown out live interview with far-right AfD party leader Alice Weidel

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A scheduled live, open-air television interview with the co-leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, Alice Weidel, was drowned out on Sunday by boisterous protesters.

Weidel and her host, public broadcaster ARD's Markus Preiß, had to lean forward multiple times to understand the questions posed by the other.

Both Weidel and Preiß acknowledged the "difficult conditions," saying that at times it was almost impossible to understand each other. »

Stop Killing Games accused of "systematic concealment" of financial contributions because its figurehead spent too many hours volunteering to promote the campaign

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Those obstacles include a new complaint filed with the EU which quite bizarrely suggests that the movement is guilty of "systematic concealment" of financial contributions because its figurehead spent too many hours volunteering to promote the campaign.

The complaint says that Scott should be considered such a sponsor because he's spent too many hours promoting the campaign.

Ubisoft CEO addresses Stop Killing Games after overseeing the deaths of The Crew and XDefiant: "Support for all games cannot last forever. »

Israeli teens chased, beaten in Rhodes by knife-wielding pro-Palestinian mob

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Some of the teens were physically assaulted, with at least one of the attackers filming the encounter, according to the victims.

Shachar Gutman, one of the teens involved, described a chaotic scene that began after he and ten friends left a club around 3 a.m. local time.

“We were at the ‘Hakuna Matata’ club celebrating, and then we heard that pro-Palestinians were clashing with Israelis outside,” he told Ynetnews. »