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House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) on Sunday backed off his claim that President Donald Trump was an FBI informant in the case of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

While Trump has said that he kicked Epstein out of Mar-a-Lago, his members-only club in Florida, he has also recently called the latest demands for the release of more information on the Epstein case a “Democrat hoax that never ends.”

Last week, Johnson told reporters on Capitol Hill that Trump cares deeply about the crimes Epstein committed and he said that Trump “was an FBI informant to try to take this stuff down.”

On Sunday, his office released a statement modifying that claim.

“The Speaker is reiterating what the victims’ attorney said, which is that Donald Trump — who kicked Epstein out of Mar-a-Lago — was the only one more than a decade ago willing to help prosecutors expose Epstein for being a disgusting child predator,” the statement from Johnson’s office read.

My girlfriend babysits her neighbours 4 year old son. And when she takes a shower she brings him in there and they shower together.

I told her this is very inappropriate. Her excuse is that if she leaves him alone he’ll wreck stuff. Is this normal? I kinda feel like it’s grounds for a breakup

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Obviously, Supreme Court justices are experts when it comes to interpreting the Constitution. They have undergone extensive legal training. But it seems that lots of people only selectively respect their decisions. I feel like lots of non-experts believe Supreme Court decisions should only be respected when they conform to ideological biases. For example, conservative Republicans slam the Supreme Court when they rule against Trump, but seem to love the Supreme Court when the justices side with him. Liberal Democrats of course do the opposite. What do you think?

They are so annoying and anyone who knowingly engaged in these types of scams is a complete waste of oxygen contributing nothing of value to humanity.

The bartender in me wants to say cocktail, the bro in me wants to say beers, but wine is the key to the lovers, so if I have to it will be just wine from here on in.

I was at a railway station at the weekend, and I was sat down on the platform waiting for the train.

Facing me was a guy with two children one approx 4 year old and the other about eight years old.

The 4 year old was throwing sweet wrappers on the floor, and the guy was unpreturbed diligently picking them up, and looking after the other child's sweet rubbish too.

The guy then started cleaning their shoes, when they're old enough to be able to clean their own shoes.

The children were obviously being spoilt rotten, perhaps if their Mum had been there it would have been a different story.

I don't have any children, and perhaps this is relatively a minor behaviour problem. I would prefer not to discipline my children, but if this is the result of being too lenient with them, the situation would have to change very quickly.

What is your opinion?