The Daily Populous Tuesday September 9th, 2025 day edition
Authored by rollingstone.com and submitted by rollingstone

Donald Trump sued The Wall Street Journal in July over a story about a lewd birthday note the paper reported he sent to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in the early 2000s. The president insisted the note did not exist, calling it a “fake thing.”

Well, the note does exist, and the Journal published a picture of it today, noting that Epstein’s estate provided it to Congress. House Democrats released an image of the salacious birthday note shortly after the Journal published its story.

🚨🚨HERE IT IS: We got Trump’s birthday note to Jeffrey Epstein that the President said doesn’t exist.

Trump talks about a “wonderful secret” the two of them shared. What is he hiding? Release the files! pic.twitter.com/k2Mq8Hu3LY — Oversight Dems (@OversightDems) September 8, 2025

The missive was part of a book of notes written to Epstein in celebration of his 50th birthday. Trump’s note — which suggested that he and Epstein had “certain things in common” — was framed within the crudely drawn outline of a naked woman, with the president’s scribbled, spiky signature placed where pubic hair might appear.

Trump told the Journal at the time that there was no way he had ever written or drawn such a note. “This is not me. This is a fake thing. It’s a fake Wall Street Journal story,” he said. “I never wrote a picture in my life. I don’t draw pictures of women … It’s not my language. It’s not my words.” In July, Trump told reporters that “somebody could have written a letter and used my name, but that’s happened a lot.”

The president’s lawsuit against the Journal accused the paper of having “knowingly and recklessly published the numerous false, defamatory, and disparaging statements” by reporting on the existence of the note.

Vice President J.D. Vance jumped to his defense after the initial story, questioning the existence of the letter and who had written it.

“Forgive my language but this story is complete and utter bullshit. The WSJ should be ashamed for publishing it,” Vance wrote on X. “Where is this letter? Would you be shocked to learn they never showed it to us before publishing it? Does anyone honestly believe this sounds like Donald Trump?” Trending Stories Isabella Ladera Accuses Ex Beéle of Leaking Sex Video, Vows Legal Action Congress Reveals Epstein Birthday Note Trump Said Doesn't Exist The Supreme Court Is Trump’s Partner in Crimes Against America Bob Dylan Has Become the Invisible Man Onstage, and We Have Only Ourselves to Blame

In the aftermath of the Journal’s reporting on the existence of the birthday book, sources close to the president told Rolling Stone that Trump’s team had gone “on a fucking warpath” to kill the Journal’s report before publicantion, but the story will not die despite the president’s fury.

“President Trump called the Epstein investigation a hoax and claimed that his birthday note didn’t exist. Now we know that Donald Trump was lying and is doing everything he can to cover up the truth,” House Oversight Ranking Member Rep. Robert Garcia (D.-Calif.) told the Journal today. “Enough of the games and lies, release the full files now.”

Negative_Gravitas on September 8th, 2025 at 20:01 UTC »

And it is somehow even more foul than described.

reddittorbrigade on September 8th, 2025 at 19:59 UTC »

Shame on all Trump voters who have voted for the pedophile

PopPalsUnited on September 8th, 2025 at 19:59 UTC »

And just like that Trump is proven to be full of shit again.