Trump handpicked and endorsed Ed Gallrein, whose victory demonstrated the presidentâs influence over GOP voters and growing frustration with Massieâs opposition to Trump. In recent weeks several other Republicans have been defeated by Trump-endorsed challengers, including Sen. Bill Cassidy in Louisiana and several Indiana state senators who defied him on redistricting.
Archiv: Epstein Files Transparency Act
We said âNo More Foreign Wars, No More Regime Change!â We said it on rally stage after rally stage, speech after speech. Trump, Vance, basically the entire admin campaigned on it and promised to put America FIRST and Make America Great Again. My generation has been let down, abused, and used by our government our entire adult lives and our childrenâs generation is literally being abandoned.
Thousands and thousands of Americans from my generation have been killed and injured in never ending pointless foreign wars and we said no more. But we are freeing the Iranian people.
Please.
There are 93 million people in Iran, let them liberate themselves. But Iran is on the verge of having nuclear weapons.
Yeah sure.
We have been spoon fed that line for decades and Trump told us all that his bombing this past summer completely wiped it all out.
Itâs always a lie and itâs always America Last. But it feels like the worst betrayal this time because it comes from the very man and the admin who we all believed was different and said no more.
We thought the victory won in 2024 would be finally time to put America First.
And we thought that meant the common American man and woman and their children.
Not the elites.
America has suffered and they donât even care.
Hundreds of thousands of American small business owners lost their hard earned businesses during tyrannical covid lockdowns, that by the way, started under Trump with 15 days to slow the spread and continued under Biden and Democrats. There is no difference between them.
Vaccine injuries, deaths, delays and loss in our tax payer funded education, record high suicides, record high Big Pharma profits and ZERO accountability for anyone from the MAGA America First administration as they run off to start wars and the board of peace at the same time.
Create the crisis and the solution simultaneously and then build condos to profit. MAGA!
For years we demanded to release the Epstein files, demanding transparency and justice for thousands of victims, women and children, by the richest most powerful men in the world and we had to fight Trump himself to do it, even after we all campaigned on it. And not a single person has been arrested and likely wonât be, no accountability, no justice.
Instead, we get a war with Iran on behalf of Israel that will succeed in regime in Iran.
Another foreign war for foreign people for foreign regime change.
For what?
Does it lower our inflation that our government caused? Caused by BOTH Democrats AND Republicans with their decades of corrupt government spending that has enslaved us all in nearly $40 Trillion in debt and reduced the value of our dollar to nothing. No, war with Iran does not lower inflation and make cost of living affordable.
Does war with Iran fix our healthcare system and make health insurance affordable for Americans??
No war with Iran does not do that and the MAGA admin and Republicans arenât even working on it in any serious way at all.
Does war with Iran stop AI from replacing your job? Nope.
Does war with Iran help you to be able to afford to buy a home? No, but youâll see TikTok videos of nice penthouses when Gaza is rebuilt.
Does war with Iran help the mental health crisis in America or help the drug addiction pandemic in America? Nope.
Does war with Iran do anything to help American families stay together and survive? No, not at all.
But within hours of war with Iran it was reported approximately 40 innocent girls, school children, in Iran were killed by bombs from Israel.
And they donât care, they killed thousands of innocent children in Gaza, and apparently our Pro-Peace administration doesnât care either.
And, since they wonât solve Americaâs problems clearly they donât care about our kids either.
Now, America is going to be force fed and gas lighted all the ânobleâ reasons the American âPeaceâ President and Pro-Peace administration had to go to war once again this year, after being in power for only a year.
Head-spinning, but maga.
The âCrazyâ Plot to Release the Epstein Files
Khannaâs staff and consultants tried to talk him out of pursuing such legislation, explaining that it could make him look like a conspiracy theorist, instead of his desired image as a âserious economics guy.â But Khanna explained to his staff that the topic of Epstein kept coming up, especially when he appeared on podcasts or visited the more conservative parts of his district. He recalled a young man delivering a long rant at a recent town hall about how he didnât trust the government because it was âprotecting pedophilesâ by not releasing the Epstein files or holding more people accountable. In that moment, Khanna told me, he realized that standing up for Epsteinâs victimsâand against the wealthy or powerfulâwas a way to build trust.
Emergence of Epstein island photo leads to new calls for Lutnick to testify
At one point, the original page containing the photograph on Justice.gov returned an error message, though a version captured by the Internet Archiveâs Wayback Machine on January 31, 2026, remained accessible online and included the photograph.
The page has since been restored and a Justice Department spokesperson told CNN, âThis image was part of a batch of files that were flagged for nudity. The batch of thousands of images was pulled for review and is being uploaded with necessary redactions on a rolling basis. No files are being deleted.â
Epstein-Skandal: Chef des Weltwirtschaftsforums tritt zurĂŒck
(February 26, 2026)
Zuvor hatte das US-Justizministerium zahlreiche weitere Dokumente zum Fall Epstein veröffentlicht. Die Veröffentlichung hatte drei GeschÀftsessen Brendes mit Epstein offenbart. Der Norweger kommunizierte demnach auch per E-Mail und SMS mit dem US-MillionÀr.
Brende stammt aus Norwegen und war dort lange Abgeordneter der konservativen Partei sowie Umwelt-, Handels- und AuĂenminister. Seit 2017 ist er PrĂ€sident des WEF, das jedes Jahr im Januar das berĂŒhmte Treffen in Davos in den Schweizer Bergen ausrichtet.
World Economic Forum Chief Resigns Over Epstein Ties
(February 26, 2026)
Borge Brende, the chief executive and president of the World Economic Forum, said on Thursday that he would resign, after an independent investigation by the group into his ties to the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
His resignation came less than a month after the release of the latest batch of files related to Mr. Epstein appeared to show that Mr. Brende, a former foreign minister of Norway, had stayed in contact with the disgraced American financier long after Mr. Epstein had been convicted of soliciting a minor for prostitution.
Davos forum chief Brende steps down after WEF probes Epstein links
(February 28, 2026)
BĂžrge Brende, the WEFâs president and chief executive, announced he was stepping down after more than eight years in the role, saying the decision followed âcareful considerationâ.
Epstein files: Nobel winner Axel quits Columbia U. brain institute over friendship with predator
Dr. Richard Axel, a Nobel Prize-winning scientist, said he is stepping down as co-director of Columbia Universityâs Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute on the heels of his association with notorious sex predator Jeffrey Epstein drawing public attention.
âMy past association with Jeffrey Epstein was a serious error in judgment, which I deeply regret,â Axel said.
Axel won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2004 with Linda Buck âfor their discoveries of odorant receptors and the organization of the olfactory system,â the prize website notes.
Larry Summers will resign from teaching at Harvard during review of Epstein ties, university says
Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Larry Summers will resign from teaching at Harvard University amid a campus review of his ties to Jeffrey Epstein, the university announced Wednesday.
Summers, who has been on leave since November and whose name appeared hundreds of times in newly released Epstein files, will leave at the end of the school year, according to a statement from Harvard spokesperson Jason Newton.
Khanna, Massie to sit together during Trumpâs State of the Union
Reps. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) and Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) â the bipartisan pair who bonded amid an effort to pressure the Justice Department to release the Epstein files â will sit alongside one another during Trumpâs address Tuesday evening.
Republicans and Democrats generally sit with members of their own party during the State of the Union, but Khanna and Massie have forged an unlikely friendship amid their push for transparency on the deceased sex offenderâs political and financial ties.
Shocking: Epstein was offered chance to buy US Pentagon and FBI buildings
(February 20, 2026)
In a separate email from 2015, Stern presented Epstein with another opportunity â a potential investment in two FBI field offices located in Richmond, Virginia, and Baltimore, Maryland, along with associated courthouses. The documents described these federal properties as attractive assets and outlined a structure requiring an initial $25 million contribution followed by an additional $80 million. Ownership would have been routed through an offshore entity registered in the Cayman Islands.
Both real estate proposals originated with investor Jonathan D. Fascitelli, a noted person in commercial property development.
Epstein offered chance to buy Pentagon and FBI buildings
(February 18, 2026)
The three documents – an email describing the offer, an investor deck, and a deal summary – were released as part of the millions of Epstein Files.
The offer was forwarded to Epstein by David Stern, a businessman who called himself Epsteinâs âsoldierâ and who was also a close aide to Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.
In the same year Stern sent the proposal to Epstein, he was made director of the St George‘s House Trust at Windsor Castle and was invited to an event at St Jamesâ Palace, where he sat directly next to Queen Elizabeth II.
The Trump team downplayed the Epstein files. Andrewâs arrest and other probes show how rash that was.
(February 19, 2026)
In mid-2025, when the Trump administration suddenly felt compelled to downplay the Jeffrey Epstein files, officials said they didnât have enough evidence to prompt any additional investigations of third parties.
The memo didnât just say there wasnât evidence to charge anyone else, mind you; it said there wasnât even evidence to investigate âuncharged third parties.â
That broad assertion in an unsigned FBI memo has proved to be a rather rash conclusion â most recently and emphatically by Thursdayâs arrest of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, the former Prince Andrew, in the UK.
The Israeli Government Installed and Maintained Security System at Epstein Apartment
(February 18, 2026)
The Israeli government installed security equipment and controlled access to a Manhattan apartment building managed by convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, according to a set of emails recently released by the Department of Justice. The equipment was installed starting in early 2016 at 301 E. 66th Streetâthe residence where former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak frequently stayed for stretches at a time.
The security operation at âEhudâs apartmentâ was in place for at least two years, emails from the DOJ disclosure show, with officials from the Israeli permanent mission to the United Nations corresponding regularly with Epsteinâs staff regarding security. The apartment was technically owned by a company connected to Epsteinâs brother, Mark Epstein, but was effectively controlled by Jeffrey Epstein. Units in the building were frequently loaned out to Epsteinâs contacts and used to house underage models.
Les Wexner CAUGHT Lying In Epstein Testimony
Feb 20, 2026 The Young Turks
Billionaire Les Wexner didn‘t seem to remember much about his ties with Jeffrey Epstein during a hearing. Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian discuss on The Young Turks.
Republicans Skip Les Wexner Deposition in Epstein Probe, Democrats Raise Alarms
(February 18, 2026)
Former retail magnate Les Wexner was deposed Wednesday by the House Oversight Committee in Ohio, and no Republican members were present for the session, multiple news outlets reported â adding a new flashpoint in the congressional probe into Jeffrey Epsteinâs network.
The questioning took place at Wexnerâs home in New Albany, Ohio, where Democratic lawmakers led the deposition into the billionaireâs decades-long ties with Epstein following the release of justice department files under the Epstein Files Transparency Act
Rep. Ro Khannaâs Statement on the Arrest of Former Prince Andrew
Washington, DC â Representative Ro Khanna (CA-17), author of the Epstein Files Transparency Act, released the following statement on the arrest of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor:
„Even princes are not above the law. Rep. Thomas Massie and I forced the release of an email showing former Prince Andrew allegedly shared state information with Epstein. On February 9th, I called on King Charles to investigate and answer questions. Andrew is being held accountable because of the survivors, like Virginia Giuffre, who bravely spoke up.
âWeâve also seen Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem resign from DP World, the former Norwegian Prime Minister be charged with gross corruption, Peter Mandelson be fired as ambassador and step down from the House of Lords, Kathryn Ruemmler step down from Goldman Sachs, and other examples of accountability around the world. But why isnât more being done here? We should start with Howard Lutnick resigning,“ said Rep. Ro Khanna.
Prince Andrew was just arrested. This was the metric I established for success of the Epstein Files Transparency Act that @RepRoKhannaand and I got passed. Now we need JUSTICE in the United States. Itâs time for @AGPamBondi and @FBIDirectorKash to act!
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After former Prince Andrewâs arrest due to Epstein connections, members of Congress call for more
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), who drew President Donald Trumpâs ire amid his successful push to pass the Epstein Files Transparency Act in Congress last year, urged federal officials to follow the example of their British counterparts.
âPrince Andrew was just arrested,â he wrote on X on Thursday. âThis was the metric I established for success of the Epstein Files Transparency Act that [Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.)] and I got passed. Now we need JUSTICE in the United States. Itâs time for [Attorney General Pam Bondi] and [FBI Director Kash Patel] to act!â
Dems call Wexnerâs claim of ignorance to Epsteinâs crimes ânot credibleâ
Democrats spoke to reporters outside Wexnerâs home near Columbus, Ohio, during a midday break in the deposition, which wrapped up later in the afternoon.
In his opening statement to the committee, which MS NOW obtained from his spokesperson, Wexner said….
WATCH: Les Wexner deposition on Epstein files raises more questions than answers, Democrats say
„I was naĂŻve, foolish, and gullible to put any trust in Jeffrey Epstein. He was a con man. And while I was conned, I have done nothing wrong and have nothing to hide,“ the 88-year-old retired founder of L Brands said in a statement submitted to the House Oversight Committee before his interview Wednesday.
Despite ordering Wexner to DC, Congress to depose him about Epstein in Ohio
(February 13, 2026)
Wexner‘s subpoena stated that he was ordered to testify at 10 a.m. Feb. 18 before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform at the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington.
However, members of Congress and their staff will come to Wexner, rather than the other way around, a congressional spokesperson told The Dispatch.
It‘s unclear why Wexner will not travel to Washington for the deposition as the subpoena orders, and the congressional spokesperson declined to answer further questions.
A spokesperson for Wexner also declined to comment.
Billionaire Les Wexner is set to be deposed in congressional probe of Epstein files
Les Wexnerâs long-time friendship with Jeffrey Epstein will be the subject of a closed-door congressional deposition in Ohio on Wednesday, where the billionaire retail magnate is expected to face questions about new revelations contained in the latest release of Justice Department documents related to the late sexual predator.
Wexner, 88, the retired founder of L Brands, has said he plans to cooperate with a subpoena from Democrats on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committe
Jayapal, Raskin, Garcia Demand DOJ End Its Outrageous Secret Surveillance of Members Reviewing Epstein Files
Washington, D.C. (February 13, 2026)âToday, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, Rep. Pramila Jayapal, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement, and Rep. Robert Garcia, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, are demanding that the Department of Justice (DOJ) immediately cease its attempt to obstruct and intimidate Members of Congress by covertly monitoring their searches of the slightly-less-redacted Epstein files.