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   From: adrastea2050@live.com   
      
   The Wall Street Journal embarrassed itself Thursday by hyping a so-called   
   Trump-Epstein “bombshell” that amounted to nothing more than a disputed   
   birthday card from 2003 that they won’t show, and that Trump denies   
   writing and is now suing over. The rest of the story was recycled material   
   long in the public domain. Desperate to revive the left’s failed narrative   
   tying Trump to Epstein, the Journal grasped at straws while ignoring   
   Epstein’s far more substantial connections to powerful Democrats like Bill   
   Clinton, who flew on Epstein’s jet multiple times and visited his island —   
   facts the media still downplays to this day.   
      
   Joe Palazzolo, one of the Wall Street Journal reporters who broke the   
   “blockbuster” story, previously worked for Main Justice, which is his only   
   prior reporting experience listed in his bio.   
      
   Joe joined the Journal in 2010 from trade publication Main Justice, where   
   he covered the U.S. Justice Department. Before moving to the   
   investigations team in 2019, he reported on national legal affairs for the   
   Journal for seven years, focusing on the nation's prisons, courts, gun   
   laws and law enforcement.   
      
   Why does this matter? Well, Main Justice is a publication founded by Mary   
   Jacoby. That name may not be familiar to you, but she is the wife of Glenn   
   Simpson — the guy who founded Fusion GPS. That's the outfit Hillary   
   Clinton and the DNC paid to concoct the infamous Steele Dossier that   
   fueled the Russian collusion hoax.   
      
   Guess where Glenn and Mary cut their teeth before exporting their   
   political dirty tricks to the broader media? That’s right —The Wall Street   
   Journal.   
      
   The incestuous relationships aren’t even hidden; they practically serve   
   them up on a silver platter and still expect us to act surprised when   
   another so-called “bombshell” arrives containing every DNC talking point,   
   T’s crossed and I’s dotted.   
      
   ICYMI: Snopes Admits Harvey Milk Was a Predator, Defends Him Anyway   
      
   President Trump isn’t playing along this time. He’s suing the Wall Street   
   Journal, calling the Epstein birthday letter story complete fiction, and   
   arguing that basic journalistic integrity—like letting him respond to an   
   accusation—was discarded in the left’s rush to get another “scandal”   
   published. Considering the history here, it’s not just plausible, it’s   
   likely. How many times have we watched these operatives masquerade as   
   journalists, deliver a conveniently-timed anti-Trump narrative, and then   
   retreat behind the thin veil of press freedom when challenged?   
      
   Jacoby’s not just media-connected; her father is a longtime executive at   
   Stephens Investments, whose attorney back in the day was none other than   
   Hillary Clinton at the Rose Law Firm. It’s all part of the same Clinton-   
   DNC-Fusion GPS web that keeps resurfacing every time there’s a new   
   “scandal” targeting Trump.   
      
   Once again, a Trump “bombshell” traces back to the same partisan ecosystem   
   that gave us the Steele Dossier. The deeper you look, the clearer it   
   becomes: This isn’t journalism; it’s narrative warfare. And after this   
   stunt from the Journal, it’s no wonder Americans are tuning the media out   
   in record numbers.   
      
   https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2025/07/18/guess-whos-behind-wsjs-trump-   
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