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[Bill Madden @maddenifico]

JUST. FUCKING. WOW. The humility, decency, and integrity of Jack Smith came across loud and clear. This career prosecutor is an American hero. Jack Smith is the antithesis of the depravity, corruption, and moral bankruptcy of Trump, Todd Blanche, the DOJ, and Kash Patel.

Here is a synopsis of Jack Smith's first televised news interview since he criminally charged the most corrupt president in American history, Donald Trump.

Core Pillars of the Interview

ㆍ The Fragility of the Rule of Law: Smith warned that the rule of law is under an unprecedented attack, declaring it is "different in kind and scope to anything I've seen in my lifetime." He explained that democratic systems do not run on autopilot and rely entirely on the good-faith commitment of people inside public institutions to uphold them.

ㆍ Consistency Over Politics: He reiterated that a healthy democracy requires investigating cases by focusing strictly on the facts and the law, applying the exact same standards regardless of political affiliation.

ㆍ Defending Career Public Servants: Smith spoke passionately about the career prosecutors, FBI agents, and support staff who are being "demonized for doing their jobs" by political figures. He expressed that he feels "terrible" about how they are being treated.

ㆍ The Call to Support Them: He emphasized the moral necessity for regular citizens to stand up for these civil servants, stating, "It's really important that we stand up for them and let them know that there are a lot of people out there who back them and who are with them."

ㆍ The Danger of Lost Trust: Smith noted that the loss of institutional trust has a dangerous "cascading effect" on the legal system, warning that when judges and the public lose faith in prosecutors, the Justice Department loses its ability to perform basic functions.

Warnings About Upcoming Elections

ㆍ Deeply Concerned for the Future: When asked directly if the country is witnessing a real-time assault on the upcoming election cycle, Smith explicitly stated, "I'm very concerned of what's going to happen in the next election, absolutely."

ㆍ Bad Actors Have Adapted: He warned that individuals who attempted to subvert the 2020 election have likely learned from past failures, adapting their strategies to be more effective next time.

ㆍ State Attorneys General Must Step Up: Smith emphasized that the federal apparatus cannot be the sole line of defense, noting that state attorneys general now have a massive responsibility to enforce the rule of law within their own state borders to protect voting integrity.

Anticipating Personal Retaliation & Indictment

ㆍ Expecting Retaliation: Wallace asked Smith point-blank if he expects to be criminally indicted by the current Trump administration.

ㆍ A Distinct Possibility: Smith acknowledged that an indictment "could happen," given the administration's vocal hostility toward him and the likely use of the Justice Department to target him directly.

ㆍ Refusing to Back Down: Despite the threat of prosecution, he declared, "I am not going to be intimidated. We did our work, pursuant to department policy... I'm not going to pretend that didn't happen because they are threatening me."

How Legal Experts & Media Analysts Reacted

ㆍ An Extraordinary and Historic Moment: Commentators and legal analysts noted that a public media tour by a former Special Counsel defending the DOJ's integrity against a sitting president is entirely unprecedented in modern political history.

ㆍ Nostalgia for Institutional Norms: Media figures reacted strongly to the broadcast, expressing a sense of nostalgia for a time when the Department of Justice operated under strict, non-partisan legal norms. Smith was praised as a rare, authoritative voice willing to publicly champion rank-and-file civil servants.

ㆍ Composure Under Extreme Pressure: Legal observers highlighted Smith’s calm, professional, and articulate demeanor during the broadcast. Analysts noted that his refusal to get defensive or angry stands as a model for how public officials should handle intense political weaponization.

[Hunter Biden @HunterBiden]

I am officially nominating Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) for the Nobel Peace Prize.

No President in History has ended the same war so many times.

Our Dear Leader has ended the war with Iran at least 38 times by CNN’s count.

No President has ever done this before.

And he is nowhere near finished ending it.

It’s a record worthy of the Nobel committee’s recognition. Thank you for your attention to this matter!

[Anonymous @YourAnonNews]

Anyone with half a brain in the military understands that trump is an actual traitor to the US

[Common Sense 🇺🇸💙 @commons96055467]

I go to bed tonight knowing, there was at least one man, one American hero, who showed us the courage, that this bullshit needs to stop.

[Maria Shriver @mariashriver]

People are traveling, gathering together, barbecuing, celebrating the 250th anniversary of this nation in various ways. And then we have this…

An American service member using his right to free speech, guaranteed in our nation’s constitution. A right given to all of us every day. Regardless of your political affiliation, read or watch Major Jason Watson’s full statement. It’s powerful. He has served and is serving. He is speaking up and out, and for that he was arrested.

Free speech, freedom of religion, a free press, the freedom to vote for who you choose, the freedom to love who you choose. These are all things we celebrate on our nation’s birthday. They are what makes us a democracy, among many other things. So as you gather, as you grill, as you plan your day, think of Major Watson, think of the freedoms you hold dear, and don’t just celebrate them, but make sure generations to come will have these rights as well! 🇺🇸

[Omar Sakr @omarsakrpoet]

Yesterday I posted on insta about how the only protein my son has eaten in 8mo of cancer and chemo is popcorn chicken from Romans Deli - no other will do - and they responded by saying he could have free unlimited popcorn chicken 😭 complete with a lil laminated card

[Wu Tang is for the Children @WUTangKids]

Here’s a handy little guide for all the morons tweeting about Mamdani recommending to turn ACs to 78° during the heatwave

[Norm Eisen @NormEisen]

When I was Ethics Czar, we decided Obama wouldn't even refinance his house to save a few hundred dollars -- & lobbyists couldn't gift us a PENCIL!

Trump is monetizing the presidency for BILLIONS

The American people won't stand for it

I discussed with @andersoncooper

[AnthonyAndrews @anthon7yandrews]

This is the second post noted in the demand letter I received from the president and First Lady. They presented it as if I said Trump himself killed Alex Pretti. Then of course they go into the Melania posts. Discovery will be a helluva journey for all.

[Val @ValVsaltsman]

What a bunch of bullshit

[CNN @CNN]

Former Olympic canoeist indicted by a grand jury after being arrested last month when he reached into the Reflecting Pool, source tells CNN.
https://t.co/fJEv2rMBDx

[Lucas Sanders 👊🏽🔥🇺🇸 @LucasSa56947288]

WATCH: Here’s Major Jason Watson of the US Air Force holding a sign that reads:
Impeach/Convict/Remove!

You can see him getting arrested for protesting in uniform at the Capitol.

This guy’s a hero!

Let’s give him a medal for his service and bravery!

[Marco Foster @MarcoFoster_]

Hillary Clinton: “It’s ridiculous that we would be looking at ways of limiting voters, but that’s the only way they can win. They can’t win a fair fight which is why Trump is so obsessed with stealing voter rolls and purging voters and making up ridiculous claims about people not eligible as citizens for voting which that is so vanishingly non-existent, it’s laughable. His Republican Party, which has become a cult answering only to him, can’t win a fair fight”

[WTFGOP @doggintrump]

He wants to fucking destroy all of Washington DC before he is out of office. It’s all about him still being fucking butt hurt that Hillary Clinton got more votes than he did, and Biden winning in 2020.

And nobody can convince me otherwise that he didn’t steal 2024. I don’t give a fuck what anybody says. Statistically, him winning all the swing states wasn’t possible.

So he’s gonna leave Washington DC in shambles and leave taxpayers with a humongous bill to fix it all

But when it comes to these trees, that can’t be fixed.

I hate this motherfucker with everything in me

[The Tennessee Holler @TheTNHoller]

Wow they’re fast

[GingerSpice❄️💙 @thedesertginger]

Mitch is dead

People of Kentucky, get your shit together and demand a special election and stop voting against your best interests

[Give A Shit About Nature @giveashitnature]

Tucson, Arizona changed the color of 20,000 streetlights, cut light pollution by 7%, prevented countless wildlife deaths, and saved taxpayers a boatload of money.

Most cities retrofitting streetlights to LED chose cool-white bulbs in the 4,000K range because they're bright and cheap. Cool-white light scatters upward and sideways at higher rates than the old sodium lamps, which is why light pollution has actually increased in many cities that switched to LED. Hundreds of millions of migrating songbirds navigate by stars and get pulled off course by that scatter every year, many of them fatally.

Tucson chose warm-white 3,000K LEDs instead, added full shielding so the light points down rather than up or sideways, and programmed adaptive dimming: 90% brightness from sunset to midnight, 60% after that until dawn. It was a win for wildlife and taxpayers: the whole thing costs less to run than what it replaced.

Philadelphia, LA, and Phoenix have all run LED retrofits that made skyglow worse. The technology to do it right exists and isn't expensive. It's a procurement decision, which means it's a political one. And political decisions are ones you can influence.

Your city council chose your streetlights. Most of them have never been asked about color temperature, shielding, or dimming schedules, not because those things don't matter, but because most people don't know to ask.

The night sky is habitat. The darkness migrating birds need to navigate is habitat. We've been treating it as a waste product of lighting decisions made by people who weren't thinking about birds.

Ask your council what color temperature your streetlights are. Most of them won't know the answer.

[InfoGram @_InfoGram_]

This is Huge 🔥

🇺🇸JD Vance at 7:00 PM: "Iranians are further from a nuclear bomb than at any point in the last 20 to 30 years."

🇫🇷Macron at 8:00 PM: "You said the same thing in June 2025, that Iran’s nuclear capability was destroyed and done. So why did you restart the war within eight months?"

Macron completely cooked him 💪🔥

[Micah Erfan @micah_erfan]

Fox News will never report this because it destroys their entire narrative.

[Ron Filipkowski @RonFilipkowski]

I’m going to take a wild guess and say that not one dime went to veterans.

[Harry Sisson @harryjsisson]

Meanwhile, under Trump our national deficit is $1.8 trillion.