Epstein files shed more light on Steve Bannon’s efforts to influence European politics
Epstein files shed more light on Steve Bannon’s efforts to influence European politics
Donald Trump’s former adviser told Epstein in 2019 that he was ‘focused on raising money for Le Pen and Salvini’ before European elections
Dozens of messages contained in the latest tranche of Epstein files lay bare the attempts by Donald Trump’s former chief strategist Steve Bannon to tap Jeffrey Epstein for support and funding to bolster European far-right parties.
The messages mostly date to 2018 and 2019, when Bannon, after being sacked by Trump, regularly visited Europe in his quest to forge a movement in the European parliament uniting ultra-rightwing and Eurosceptic forces from several countries including Italy, Germany, France, Hungary, Poland, Sweden and Austria. Continue reading...
OPINION by
@pingree.house.gov:
“Americans — including JFK’s family — are rightfully appalled by Trump’s garish and egomaniacal fixation on the Kennedy Center.”
READ MORE:
www.ms.now/opinion/kenn...
Opinion | I’m fighting Trump’s egomaniacal Kennedy Center fixation in Congress — and could use some help
Rep. Chellie Pingree: My Republican colleagues in Congress should join us on the other side of the aisle, and stand up for this institution for all Americans.
Things look ominous for John Cornyn
My friend lives in this building and said it was truly terrifying. The whole building woke up to their building being broken into by federal agents all to grab some guy who’s posted about being anti facist.
After 6am this morning in Whittier, Minneapolis—FOUR BLOCKS from where Pretti was murdered.
18 agents with Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) markings smashed an apartment window, ran in, and came out with one man.
KIM: Trump is now suing the Treasury and IRS for $10 billion. He even said 'I'm supposed to work out a settlement with myself.' Do you think that is a conflict of interest?
BESSENT: That is a DOJ issue
KIM: He's suing your department
BESSENT: Contact justice
KIM: With that, I yield back
American scientists have historically been leaders in the collection and analysis of data on climate change. Trump is now trying to gag anyone reporting data that confirms climate change.
www.economist.com/science-and-...
The Trump administration is eroding vital climate data
American citizens are left vulnerable
Trump Reveals Hint of Panic on ICE as Prison Camps Anger MAGA Country
As Trump’s planned ICE detention camps face resistance in unlikely places, a sharp observer of Democrats explains how this moment is handing them a major opportunity to seize control of this debate.
Trump Reveals Hint of Panic on ICE as Prison Camps Anger MAGA Country
As Trump’s planned ICE detention camps face resistance in unlikely places, a sharp observer of Democrats explains how this moment is handing them a major opportunity to seize control of this debate.
Silence is complicity.
We all need to speak up and say that what ICE is doing is wrong.
We all need to speak up and say that what ICE is doing is wrong.
YouTube video by Senator Elizabeth Warren
This is real, and it’s located near Tesla’s flagship London store in Tottenham.
Courage is contagious. Let’s keep going.
wow -- with Trump standing behind him, a man (not sure who he is) offers this prayer: "We pray that he would be mindful of the poor and that he would be invested in the alleviation of suffering happening in the families preparing to bury their loved ones in Minneapolis."
In case you didn't know, every Republican Senator on the ballot in 2026 voted to confirm Kristi Noem and Pam Bondi.
All these Republicans share the blame for the horrors that have unfolded since.
Democracy dies in billionaire hands. [Cartoon by Michael de Adder]
This is an actual thing happening on Saturday. Imagine being this much of a pick-me shill.
NEW EPISODE: Supreme Court expert Steve Vladeck joins me to break down the "Shadow Docket" — emergency rulings issued without explanation and with enormous consequences. We discuss what it would take for the Supreme Court to finally step in and stop Donald Trump.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WY7...
WARNING: The Supreme Court Is Out of Control | Steve Vladeck
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
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Lot's of data flying around right now on ICE. Found this bit really interesting - public deeply aware and concerned that ICE is not just violent but that it's targeting and detaining people beyond its stated goal of removing criminals.
Reining in means ending lawlessness and narrowing targets. 1/
President Trump’s call “to nationalize the voting,” as he put it, will be difficult to pull off, since the Constitution gives states control over the administration of elections.
But there is one place he could succeed: Fulton County, Georgia. Read
@ariberman.bsky.social's latest.
Trump’s FBI raid could lead to a takeover of elections in Georgia’s largest county
Trump wants control "over the voting in at least 15 places.” He could start in Fulton County, Georgia.
NYT: “Playing politics with the idea of fraudulent voters and stolen elections comes at a real cost to American confidence in our elections. It’s an affront to our democracy and to all those who work to deliver free and fair elections.” 🇺🇸
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/o...Job losses on par with the Great Recession. National debt is ballooning because of Trump’s Big Ugly Bill. More money going to billionaires’ pockets, less to yours.
This is Trump’s economy.
Host: Weekly jobless claims rising unexpectedly to 231,000. Challenger layoffs, a challenging number here, 108,000. That was the worst January since 2009.
A special corps of health care workers have been called in to work with detained immigrants and many feel deeply conflicted about the assignment, saying they're not able to provide good care.
Some Public Health Service officers quit rather than serve in ICE detention centers
A special corps of health care workers have been called in to work with detained immigrants and many feel deeply conflicted about the assignment, saying they're not able to provide good care.
Federal prosecutors in Minnesota are "demoralized and pissed"
Federal prosecutors in Minnesota are "demoralized and pissed"
The administration is pressuring them to charge ICE protesters on scant evidence.
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At this point, some leaked videos might help.
📌Was researching a piece and came across this dumbfuckery.
Seems like a decade ago ...
I mean… this should have been common knowledge all along. But we live in stupid-land now.
The immigrants HAVE NEVER BEEN THE PROBLEM.
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‘Immigrants are subsidizing the U.S. government’: how the undocumented helped shrink the deficit by $14.5 trillion over 3 decades (Fortune)
With thousands of people pouring into the streets of Minneapolisto protest the White Hous...
Imagine if four years into our war in Iraq we had only occupied 20 percent of it and lost 1.2 million men. Would anyone say the US is winning?
No? Then how in the hell can you say Russia is winning?!
TRUMP: "We have the greatest economy in the world" — “A new golden age" — "hottest economy"
REALITY: Private payrolls rose only 22,000 in January, far short of expectations.
This is the type of letter you write and make public when you’ve discovered that the CIA is up to no good and can’t be trusted—and you have no confidence the people in charge care.
The way DOJ is handling the Epstein files reminds me of the 1889 Cleveland Street scandal in England over a male brothel. Its customers, including a royal, were protected & files were destroyed. But the working-class boys who worked in the brothel were sent to prison.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kf1Z...
The Male Brothel SCANDAL Britain Tried to Bury
YouTube video by CrownSecrets
Two days ago, we discovered Trump has engaged in the most corrupt behavior of any president in history—giving secret technology to China's ally in exchange for the Trump family getting half a billion dollars.
And nobody is still talking about it.
#Corruption
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Trump accused of ‘corruption, plain and simple’ after UAE invested in family firm
White House says president is not involved in running his businesses. Ethics experts remain concerned
This is brilliant. I'm so grateful for this testimony. I've transcribed it to use in letters I'm writing. Sharing the full transcription here (see alt text to copy/paste it):
Another packed house in Howard County, Maryland tonight showing up in support of CB16 and against the opening of an ICE detention center in our community.
#Resist #ICEout
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"One protester on Tuesday stood outside the warehouse property along the highway for hours, holding up an anti-ICE sign..."
www.wfaa.com/article/news...
ICE closes sale on warehouse in east San Antonio, city council member says
While ICE officials didn't directly address the transaction, the agency said it was "actively working to expand detention space" in the U.S.
Numbers don't lie—but Donald Trump does.
An American citizen was brutally ripped out of her car, her window shattered and detained on her way to the doctor.
Thank you to Aliya for bravely sharing her story.
This kind of conduct by ICE is sickening. And it's exactly what I am fighting to put an end to.
"These practices must end now."
Aliya Rahman, a U.S. citizen who was dragged from a car by ICE agents in Minnesota, speaks out at a congressional hearing on DHS immigration enforcement tactics.
Most of the Washington Post’s tech reporters were laid off today, including me. I have loved my time at the paper, which is where I wanted to work from age 15. I take some consolation in not being among the survivors who will have to work harder with less for fewer readers. On to better things.
So Steve Sinofsky who offers himself up as Epstein's man in the inside at a16z appears to have gotten Prince Andrew hosted at a16z. They refer to Andrew as PA in their emails.
An extraordinary amount of discussion in the Epstein files about how Epstein and his inner circle (especially Steve Bannon) despise the Catholic Church and Pope Francis, and view the church as an institutional enemy of their projects. Getting loads of attention in Italy and Spain, but none in US.
What should alarm us about the Epstein files isn’t just the appalling details, which are horrific and criminal.
It’s that here is a growing sense that there is small number of elite who see themselves as above the law.
If Jeff Bezos could afford to spend $75 million on the Melania movie & $500 million for a yacht to sail off to his $55 million wedding to give his wife a $5 million ring, please don't tell me he needed to fire one-third of the Washington Post staff.
Democracy dies in oligarchy.
After weeks of tragedy and brave defiance in Minneapolis, Mayor Jacob Frey shares what's going on at the top, and how we got here. Watch the LP Podcast here:
youtu.be/iOVBYxGCMmgTrump, for some reason, everyday for the past year:
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hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0So weird how this keeps happening.
www.haaretz.com/us-news/2026...Trump: “I’m the last one who wants to complain.” 🙃
He basically says he’ll only accept the results if Republicans win — then lies for 2 full minutes about seizing the ballots in Georgia
ridiculous nonsense
(From
@atrupar.com )
BRENTWOOD, TN — BRENTWOOD HIGH students walked out to oppose ICE today…
www.tennessean.com/picture-gall...James Talarico: I’m not writing off any voters or any community.
I’ve traveled to every corner of Texas and I’m shocked by the number of people showing up to our events.
It wasn’t just Democrats; it was independents and even some Republicans too. They are hungry for new leaders.
.@JamesTalarico: I believe that forcing my religion down the throats of my Muslim, Jewish, Hindu, Buddhist, atheist, and agnostic neighbors is not love. It’s why I’ve fought so hard for separation of church and state.
I hope in the U.S. Senate I can continue my fight against Christian nationalism
