After Republican House Oversight Committee members hyped up their recent subpoena of the Epstein Files from the DOJ, Democrat lawmakers are pouring cold water on the new files. On Friday, the DOJ handed over the Epstein Files to the House Oversight Committee; however, some Democratic lawmakers are claiming the files they obtained were already made public years ago. Democrat Rep. Ro Khanna claimed only 3% of the new files obtained are fresh information that the public hasn’t seen. The Miami Herald reported more details on the disappointing update: Only a small percentage of the Jeffrey Epstein files turned over to a House committee this week contained new information, Democrats charged. The Justice Department, in response to a congressional subpoena, sent its first tranche of files on the case to the House Oversight panel on Friday. But the files raised more questions than answers, Democrats said. “Only 3% of the documents given to the Oversight Committee are new,” Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna, a member of the committee, said in a statement. “The rest are already in the public domain. Less than 1% of files have been released. DOJ is stonewalling. The survivors deserve justice and the public deserves transparency.” Democratic Rep. Robert Garcia of California, the ranking member of the Oversight Committee, said the “limited disclosure raises more questions than answers.” The only new disclosure, he said, was less than 1,000 pages from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s log of flight locations of Epstein’s plane from 2000 to 2014, and “forms consistent with re-entry back to the U.S.” President Donald Trump’s administration has been criticized for the lack of new information released about the case. And Attorney General Pam Bondi came under fire for initially promising a massive release of files only to say months later that there was nothing the public would gain from it. On the same day the Justice Department files were handed over to lawmakers, DOJ released transcripts of Ghislaine Maxwell’s interview with the deputy attorney general, where she talked about meeting Trump, the relationship between Epstein and Bill Clinton and denied introducing Prince Andrew to the late, disgraced financier. The majority of the government’s Epstein files — estimated to be around 100,000 pages — have not been released to the public. More files will be turned over to the Oversight panel, which promised to release them after redacting personal information. Breaking news: Only 3% of the documents given to the Oversight Committee are new. The rest are already in the public domain. Less than 1% of files have been released. Pass my bill with @RepThomasMassie to force the full release of the Epstein files while protecting the victims. pic.twitter.com/jpC9brJ19A — Ro Khanna (@RoKhanna) August 23, 2025 Another Democrat claimed the same thing: NEW: Rep. Summer Lee (D) reports House Democrats reviewed DOJ-provided Epstein files for the Oversight Committee, finding 97% is public material. The new 3% includes CBP flight logs of Epstein’s plane, 2000–2014.pic.twitter.com/PXJkIaoz5E — Melissa Hallman (@dotconnectinga) August 23, 2025 The New York Times had more details to add on the Epstein Files drop: The “overwhelming majority” of documents the Justice Department gave Congress in response to a subpoena for all information from its investigation into the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein had already been publicly released, the top Democrat on the House’s principal investigative committee said on Saturday. The Justice Department began sending material on Friday to the House Oversight Committee, which had demanded all records by Aug. 19, providing a total of 33,295 pages. But Representative Robert Garcia of California, the top Democrat on the panel, said that of the files the committee had received, only 3 percent contained new information. The remaining 97 percent of the pages, he said, had information previously released by the Justice Department, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement or the Palm Beach County State Attorney’s office. Among those files were video from the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York from the night of Mr. Epstein’s death; Supreme Court filings from Ghislaine Maxwell, his longtime associate who is serving a 20-year federal prison sentence; a Justice Department inspector general report on Mr. Epstein’s death; and a memo from Attorney General Pam Bondi to Kash Patel, the F.B.I. director.

Cracker Barrel’s stock continues to crater alongside their overall public approval since their rebranding flop. But the restaurant chain is now facing another backlash, and this one is aimed directly at their customers. A rival chain has been busy dropping taunts and scathing rebukes to Cracker Barrel since the ‘woke’ rebranding was announced. And besides the relentless taunting, 91-year-old Steak ‘n Shake has been attempting to allure Cracker Barrel customers with both appetizing health alternatives… And gold ole’ fashioned American patriotism! And some of their tempting invitations have come in the form of HILARIOUS social media posts. Keep in mind, while Cracker Barrel goes the way of Bud Lite with a top-to-bottom ‘woke’ makeover… Steak ‘n Shake actually has a photo of DHS Secretary RFK Jr. pinned right at the top of their X account: Thank you for visiting Steak n Shake Secretary Kennedy! pic.twitter.com/pRu1u37MvW — Steak ‘n Shake (@SteaknShake) March 11, 2025 He visited one of their locations right after the chain quickly adopted his new MAHA health standards at all their restaurants. And the Steak ‘n Shake CEO has been busy calling Cracker Barrel out, tempting patrons to come on over where ‘American values’ aren’t neutered and erased. The first shot across the Cracker Barrel bow came last Wednesday. Trump adviser Alex Bruesewitz torched Cracker Barrel on X, to which Steak ‘n Shake responded with a tantalizing offer… along with a new payment option if CB customers wanted to come on over: This is what happens when you have a board that does not respect their historical customers or their brand. At Steak n Shake, we have gone back to basics. Our tallow fries are waiting for you. Oh yeah, you can also now pay with Bitcoin! https://t.co/F5cBwUBVns — Steak ‘n Shake (@SteaknShake) August 21, 2025 That set off an avalanche of Steak ‘n Shake posts over the last few days chastising Cracker Barrel — even while the ‘woke’ restaurant chain doubles-down on their rebranding. The Steak ‘n Shake CEO took Cracker Barrel to task over abandoning their heritage, and promised to never take their brand on that path, according to KDFW, the Fox affiliate out of the Dallas / Ft. Worth area: Steak ‘n Shake has taken aim at Cracker Barrel, accusing the Southern country-themed chain of erasing its heritage and identity with its controversial new logo. The Indianapolis-based burger chain took to X on Thursday to slam Cracker Barrel for allegedly abandoning its roots, implying that CEO Julie Felss Masino is stripping away the identity of the restaurant and gift store chain in pursuit of short-term trends. “Heritage is what got Cracker Barrel this far, and now the CEO wants to just scrape it all away. At Steak ‘n Shake, we take pride in our history, our families, and American values. All are welcome. We will never market ourselves away from our past in a cheap effort to gain the approval of trend seekers.” The fiery post appeared one day after Steak ‘n Shake called out Cracker Barrel Wednesday for the logo change. Replying to a post from Trump advisor Alex Bruesewitz in which he criticized the chain’s leadership for the new logo, Steak ‘n Shake accused Cracker Barrel’s board of directors of not respecting its “historical customers” or “brand.” “At Steak ‘n Shake, we have gone back to basics,” Steak ‘n Shake posted to X Wednesday. “Our tallow fries are waiting for you. Oh yeah, you can also now pay with Bitcoin!” So while Cracker Barrel is offering neutered signage and bowing to the progressive ideology, Steak ‘n Shake is over here with beef tallow and Bitcoin payment options. One of their initial posts pointed out the removal of the “old timer” (presumably a while male — a shameful thing in and of itself in ‘woke’ culture) from the Cracker Barrel brand: Sometimes, people want to change things just to put their own personality on things. At CB, their goal is to just delete the personality altogether. Hence, the elimination of the “old-timer” from the signage. Heritage is what got Cracker Barrel this far, and now the CEO wants to… pic.twitter.com/Aoml8ZOfuT — Steak ‘n Shake (@SteaknShake) August 21, 2025 Here’s the full text of that fiery post: Sometimes, people want to change things just to put their own personality on things. At CB, their goal is to just delete the personality altogether. Hence, the elimination of the “old-timer” from the signage. Heritage is what got Cracker Barrel this far, and now the CEO wants to just scrape it all away. At Steak n Shake, we take pride in our history, our families, and American values. All are welcome. We will never market ourselves away from our past in a cheap effort to gain the approval of trend seekers. At one point, Steak ‘n Shake even reposted a hilarious image from competitor Denny’s. Behold… two rival chains TEAMING UP to roast Cracker Barrel: If CB is going to imitate Dennys, then you should just go to Dennys. https://t.co/CFa0UAmMsk — Steak ‘n Shake (@SteaknShake) August 23, 2025 Multiple Steak ‘n Shake posts have called on the CEO of Cracker Barrel to be fired. And how else do you fire a ‘woke’ CEO… than by channeling your inner President Trump? Fire the CEO! Thank you for your attention to this matter! https://t.co/42VhBM8Sk8 — Steak ‘n Shake (@SteaknShake) August 21, 2025 But Steak ‘n Shake wasn’t done there. Here’s their take on how the NEXT rebranding should go, from this point: pic.twitter.com/j9AEWX0nXp — Steak ‘n Shake (@SteaknShake) August 22, 2025 And here’s some of the interesting backstory. Is it turns out… Sardar Biglari, the CEO of Steak ‘n Shake, actually owns a ‘stake’ (I’ll see myself out…) in Cracker Barrel. And has for awhile! He has been aiming for a spot at the Cracker Barrel table for some time, as reported by The Independent: Cracker Barrel’s decision to rebrand its historic logo has drawn ire from other companies, including Steak ‘n Shake. The southern-themed comfort food restaurant chain, based in Lebanon, Tennessee, first opened its doors in 1969 with simple gold branding and its name spelled out in brown lettering, intending to evoke the atmosphere of a friendly wood-frame general store selling dry goods to the pioneers. Then, in 1977, it added the seated figure of a man wearing overalls leaning against a wooden cask alongside the name, in the process creating an icon of folksy Americana that has endured ever since. Now, the rebrand has removed the leaning figure in a return to the original design, with the company saying the new logo “is now rooted even more closely to the iconic barrel shape and word mark that started it all.” But not everyone agrees. Taking aim at Cracker Barrel with a string of posts on X, Indianapolis-based burger chain Steak ‘n Shake wrote: “This is what happens when you have a board that does not respect their historical customers or their brand. Steak ‘n Shake is a restaurant concept owned and operated by CEO Sardar Biglari. The Independent has learned that Biglari owns shares of Cracker Barrel and has repeatedly, but unsuccessfully, tried to secure a place on the restaurant chain’s board for more than a decade. (Emphasis added.) That might explain part of Steak ‘n Shake’s ferocity in going so hard after one of their rivals. There is history between the CEO of Steak ‘n Shake and the Cracker Barrel Board of Directors that is energizing the current taunting! That definitely adds insight into the push for the board of Cracker Barrel to kick their woke CEO to the curb: The CEO of CB has managed to do something seemingly impossible: She got Americans on both sides of the political spectrum to agree on something — the new rebrand sucks.   When the Board does not know the brand, like the brand, or respect the brand, they hire the wrong CEO who… https://t.co/QRO5uDDosd — Steak ‘n Shake (@SteaknShake) August 23, 2025 Here’s the full text of that post, calling for CB board to recognize the error of it’s ways and get a new CEO in order to ‘SAVE CRACKER BARREL’: The CEO of CB has managed to do something seemingly impossible: She got Americans on both sides of the political spectrum to agree on something — the new rebrand sucks. When the Board does not know the brand, like the brand, or respect the brand, they hire the wrong CEO who focuses on all the wrong things. America does not need another bland, soulless, mediocre restaurant chain. Founded in 1969 amid radical social and technological change — Woodstock, the moon landing — Cracker Barrel was that one place designed to stand still, evoking Americana, authenticity, and wholesomeness. CB’s foolish moves demand the resignation of the CEO and the board leaders who hired her. Save Cracker Barrel! Time after time, these ‘woke’ left turns by enormous American companies have landed once-strong brands in hot water. And time after time, it has proven almost impossible for those foolish companies to reverse the cultural damage to their brand once the deed is done. Is it too late for Cracker Barrel to recover? That’s one question. But another question is more immediate than that. Will Cracker Barrel even ATTEMPT to recover from this foolishness, or will they simply continue to double-down and claim things are going just fine? And will it even matter if they do suddenly get a clue? Maybe Cracker Barrel CEO Julie Felss Masino should have taken a lesson from Dylan Mulvaney before single-handedly destroying an iconic American restaurant?

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov revealed that Russia is willing to allow a coalition of United Nations Security Council members to guarantee Ukraine’s security as part of a peace agreement, while blaming Western European nations for obstructing a potential peace agreement.

Filthy Rich Socialist/Commie Mamdani Busts the Hypocrisy Meter-Takes Billionaires’ $ If you thought red diaper, Nepo-baby, Zohran Mamdani may have reached the highest reading on your hypocrisy meter, you’d be wrong. A quick, and likely incomplete review of his previously exposed pious dishonesty could seem a tough act to follow, but the privileged Dem has […] The post Filthy Rich Socialist/Commie Mamdani Busts the Hypocrisy Meter-Takes Billionaires’ $ appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

President Donald Trump targeted Governor Wes Moore (D-MD) in a post on Sunday morning, lashing out at him over an invitation to “walk the streets” in Maryland and saying that he would not do so until Moore took steps to clean up crime. Trump took aim at Moore — who has been floated as a potential contender for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2028 — in a post shared first on his Truth Social platform, comparing him to another of the Democratic Party’s top prospects (California Governor Gavin Newsom) in the process. pic.twitter.com/hU4FkGqZov — Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) August 24, 2025 “Governor Wes Moore of Maryland has asked, in a rather nasty and provocative tone, that I ‘walk the streets of Maryland’ with him,” Trump began. “I assume he is talking about out of control, crime ridden, Baltimore?” “As President, I would much prefer that he clean up this Crime disaster before I go there for a ‘walk,'” Trump continued, arguing that Moore should have to clean up the city before he asked the President of the United States to join him there. “Wes Moore’s record on Crime is a very bad one, unless he fudges his figures on crime like many of the other ‘Blue States’ are doing.” The president went on to jab at Newsom (D-CA), saying that he could always send troops into Baltimore like he’d done in Los Angeles. “But if Wes Moore needs help, like Gavin Newscum did in L.A., I will send in the ‘troops,’ which is being done in nearby DC, and quickly clean up the Crime. After only one week, there is NO CRIME AND NO MURDER IN DC! When it is like that in Baltimore, I will proudly ‘walk the streets’ with the failing, because of Crime, Governor of Maryland,” Trump added. “P.S. Baltimore is ranked the 4th WORST CITY IN THE NATION IN CRIME & MURDER. Stop talking and get to work, Wes,” he concluded. “I’ll then see you on the streets!!! Also, I gave Wes Moore a lot of money to fix his demolished bridge. I will now have to rethink that decision??? Thank you for your attention to this matter. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! President DJT.” Trump has also suggested that he will send troops to Chicago in an effort to bring down the violent crime rate there as well.

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While President Donald Trump is working to make the nation’s capital safer, Zohran Mamdani, New York City’s socialist mayoral frontrunner and his compatriots at the Democratic Socialists of America said they want to eradicate the enforcement of all misdemeanor offenses, the New York Post reported Sunday.   The Democratic Socialists of America—of which Mamdani is a member of the NYC chapter—has urged the diminishment of arrests, significantly decreased prosecutors’ budgets, as well as an end to cash bail, electronic monitoring, and imprisonment for parole violations. “For all of the working class to achieve collective liberation we must constrain, diminish, and abolish the carceral forces of the state—from prisons and police themselves, to their manifestations in all forms throughout society,” said the party in its most recent platform statement about the “Abolition of the Carceral State.” While on the campaign trail, Mamdani himself has regularly demanded law enforcement quit focusing on what he calls “nonserious crimes.” Instead, Mamdani said he thinks police should only be focusing on violent offenses, of which he has attempted to challenge the definition.  “What violent crime is—is defined by the state. Violence is an artificial construction,” said Mamdani in 2021 at a protest aimed toward ending cash bail and shutting down Rikers Island prison, something he said he still wants to do.  The Democratic Socialists are favor of completely eliminating what New York City considers misdemeanors: assault without a weapon, driving under the influence, drug possession, shoplifting of up to $1,000, and theft. Mamdani said in a campaign video on X Wednesday that he will create a Department of Community Safety.   This agency will address “hate violence” and expand “gun violence prevention” among other things. While Mamdani admitted “police have a critical role to play,” he said “right now we’re relying on them to deal with the failures of our social safety net, which is preventing them from doing their actual jobs.” Mamdani questioned the point of prisons and jails five years ago when he was running for his current state assembly seat.  “I think that frankly, I mean, what purpose do they serve, right?” said Mamdani when he was a guest on “The Far Left Show” in August 2020. “I think a lot of people who defend the carceral state, that defend the idea of it and the way it makes them feel, they’re not defending the reality of it and the practices that are part and parcel of it.” Additionally, Mamdani reinforced his pro-prostitution policy messaging this week. He said he wants to emulate the policies of his favorite former New York Mayor Bill de Blasio who decriminalized prostitution in 2020 in an effort to arrest sex traffickers rather than sex workers. “What I want to do is look at the ways in which the previous administration addressed this issue. I found that it created far more safety than what the current administration has done,” said Mamdani regarding current New York Mayor Eric Adams’ handling of prostitution policy. Mamdani’s radical policies are increasingly becoming a possibility for NYC residents. A new AARP New York-Gotham Polling & Analytics poll shows Mamdani with 41.8% support, far ahead of former Gov. Andrew Cuomo at 23.4%, Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa with 16.5% and Adams at 8.8%. The Democratic Socialist has also raised twice as much in campaign donations as his competitors. According to campaign finance reports released Friday, Mamdani’s campaign has raised a total of $1 million while Cuomo is at $540,000, Adams has $425,000, and Sliwa is at $406,000. Meanwhile, the NY Post reported the pro-Mamdani SuperPAC New Yorkers for Lower Costs has received a $250,000 donation from hedge fund billionaire heiress. In June, Mamdani told NBC News, “I don’t think we should have billionaires.” The post Mamdani Surges Ahead in NYC Race, Promises to Dismantle Traditional Policing appeared first on The Daily Signal.

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