LA Olympics chief faces calls to resign after flirty emails with Ghislaine Maxwell are revealed in Epstein files

LA Olympics chief faces calls to resign after flirty emails with Ghislaine Maxwell are revealed in Epstein files

...The messages between Casey Wasserman – who, along with chairing LA28, is also a prominent entertainment and sports agent – and Maxwell were included in the millions of documents released by DOJ last week related to its investigation into Jeffrey Epstein.

In the UK people are losing jobs and titles due to their connection to Epstein while in the US the man mentioned in the Epstein files 38,000 times was the keynote speaker at the National Prayer breakfast. - Covie

The World Is A Safer Place Without Trump

• Norwegian crown princess apologizes to royals and all 'disappointed' by her Epstein contacts
• ‘Flash of Orange’ Caught on Video Sparks More Questions About Epstein’s Death
• UK police searching two properties linked to Peter Mandelson over Epstein investigation
• Feds arrest suspect in 2012 Benghazi consulate attack, Bondi says
• Minneapolis City Council Delays Liquor Licenses for 2 Hotels Hosting ICE Agents
• Border Patrol boss Gregory Bovino tossed from Las Vegas bar
• Castro calls for probe of alleged ICE home raid in San Antonio after video surfaces
• Ocasio-Cortez hosts Astoria town hall, offers advice on how to respond to ICE raids
• Goldberg, 15 other state treasurers write letter to Trump criticizing economic impact of ICE raids
• Children’s mental health at risk from ICE raids, detentions
• Ukrainian shelling causes 'serious damage' in Russia's Belgorod, governor says
• US accuses China of secret nuclear test, calls for new arms control treaty including Russia

I miss sleeping as well as I did during the Biden administration. - Jac

Epstein Files are showing that Epstein was way more than just an intelligence agent/honey trapper. This guy appears to have been central to some massive geopolitical moves. - Dave Collum

When Epstein Victims Have To Respond
Jeffrey Epstein survivor Annie Farmer ripped President Donald Trump over his attack on CNN anchor and senior White House correspondent Kaitlan Collins in which he criticized her smiling habits, noting sexual assault is “nothing to smile about.”

If Trump wants people to smile more he should resign. - Andy Borowitz

Republican Shenanigans

• Trump White House pulls video depicting Obamas as apes after outrage
• Tim Scott calls Obamas video shared by Trump ‘most racist thing I’ve seen ...
• Harris Faulkner Issues Quick Correction After Saying Bad Bunny Isn’t American
• Lindsey Graham says Johnson is open to expanding Smith probe payouts
• Redistricting effort aimed at helping Republicans in midterms could cost them dearly in Virginia
• Another House Republican Announces He’s Retiring, Brings Total Up to 30
• Kid Rock: Alternative Super Bowl halftime show for people who ‘love America’

Statement from NAACP president

"Donald Trump’s racist video is disgusting and utterly despicable. Trump is obviously desperate to distract us from the Epstein files and his rapidly failing economy. You know who isn’t in the Epstein files? Barack Obama"

Tony Soprano Style Extortion
President Donald Trump last month told Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., that he would be willing to unfreeze $16 billion in funding for a major infrastructure project in New York if Schumer would agree to rename New York's Penn Station and Washington's Dulles Airport after him, two sources familiar with the conversation told ABC News.

A judge has ordered a $10 million sexual harassment suit against Rudy Giuliani to move forward. Anyone reading the words "sex" and "Giuliani" in the same sentence also deserves $10 million. - Paul Rudnick

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Rock The Voter News

• House Democrats launch investigation into DHS use of ‘less lethal’ weapons after string of injuries
• Democrats won’t cooperate with DOJ investigation into ‘illegal orders’ video
• Virginia legislature unveils long-awaited redistricting map proposal

Republicans Control of Three Branches, But...

Senators in both parties now expect funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to lapse at the end of next week, as negotiations over Democratic demands for restrictions on Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) fizzle with the GOP.

A DHS shutdown would shutter not only ICE and CBP, but also the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), among other federal agencies housed in the massive department.

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Business/Tech News

• Oil Climbs as Investors Weigh Status of US-Iran Nuclear Talks
• Amazon sinks after vow to spend $200 billion on AI this year
• 'Fear and fatigue' set to lead bitcoin to worst week since FTX meltdown
• MLB.com Lets Go of Multiple Writers as Industry Layoffs Continue

MAGA Republicans Are Stupid BUT Texas MAGA Republicans Are Really Stupid. Yee Haw!

A federal judge this week determined that a Texas state law that seeks to prevent state funds from being invested with financial firms that boycott fossil fuel companies is unconstitutional.

Texas federal Judge Alan Albright, an appointee of President Trump, found that state law S.B. 13 was a violation of the First and 14th amendments.

Kids, when we were young we’d get Breaking News on the TV maybe 3 times a year. - Ron Shillman

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Just Shoot Me

The power went off 9 times today and now my mini split air conditioner won't turn on. 

At least I got today's edition up.

Geez Louise.

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Odd News

• New AI method helps identify which dinosaur made which footprints
• Scientists Tried Drilling Into Antarctica’s ‘Doomsday Glacier,’ But the Ice Had Other Plans
• Do apes have an imagination? A new study suggests Kanzi the bonobo did
• World's longest wild snake found in Indonesia
• A Galapagos albatross’ 3,000-mile detour to California puzzles scientists

Time To Deflate Photo

Mt. Omuro, which stands at 580 meters above sea level with its distinctive bowl shape, is a symbol of Ito City, Shizuoka Prefecture in Japan. Downhill skiing would be wild!

Peace.

Bannon Calls for ICE to Engage in Voter Intimidation During the Midterms

Bannon Calls for ICE to Engage in Voter Intimidation During the Midterms

“You’re damn right we’re gonna have ICE surround the polls come November,” former Trump strategist Steve Bannon said.

NBC: Why was Tulsi Gabbard at a raid on a Georgia election office?

Trump: “I don’t know.”

Gabbard (in a letter to Congress this week): “My presence was requested by the President.”

This just became a bigger scandal. - Miles Taylor

The World Is A Safer Place Without Trump

• Trump says America should move on from Epstein - it may not be that easy
• Hillary Clinton wants testimony on Jeffrey Epstein in public: 'Let's stop the games'
• Stepson of Norway's crown prince cries in court, denies videos on his phone show rape
• The Epstein storm could topple a world leader — but it’s not Trump
• ‘Do you think you’re the devil himself?’: highlights from the bizarre, newly released Bannon-Epstein interview
• Bill Gates says he ‘regrets’ knowing Epstein as ex-wife alludes to ‘muck’ in marriage
• The World’s Rich And Powerful In Latest Epstein Files: World Economic Forum Under Investigation 
• Epstein victims express outrage over name redactions: ‘Failure of complete justice’

Countries investigating people tied to Epstein:

Turkey, Slovakia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, UK, Latvia

Countries NOT: U. S. A. - Rubia Garcia

Poland Uses Velvet Glove To Admonish U.S. Ambassador

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk on Thursday chided U.S. Ambassador to Poland Tom Rose after the diplomat said Polish parliamentary Speaker Włodzimierz Czarzasty would be blacklisted over his opposition to nominating President Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize.

“Mr. Ambassador Rose, allies should respect each other, not lecture each other. At least this is how we, here in Poland, understand partnership,” Tusk wrote on social media.

Funny how “Save the Children” always means harassing queer people and sex workers but never means cleaning out the pedophiles in your church. - ValetParker

JD Vance says there are 30M undocumented folks in the U.S.,  In 2025 they were responsible for 29 murders, meaning 1 in a million is a murderer.

On the other hand 22,000 ICE agents killed 34 people in 2025.  That means 1 in 674 ICE agents is a murderer.

I know who I'd rather hang out with! - Brad

Republican Shenanigans

• GOP plans for a DHS shutdown as skepticism grows over talks
• Republicans fear Trump backlash could cost them Senate control
• Fox’s Doocy Asks Leavitt: Will Trump Watch Kid Rock’s Super Bowl Halftime Show?
• Trump Kicks Off Prayer Breakfast in Wild Fashion With Scorching Attacks
• Tuberville Claims 'Half a Dozen' Members of Congress Won 'Bogus' Elections
• ‘Going To Bite You in the A**!’ Stephen A. Smith and Bill Maher Torch Democrats
• Florida voters sue DeSantis over redistricting push
• Gabbard obtained and tested Puerto Rico voting machines for foreign hacks
• Vance: Trump insulting Kaitlan Collins for not smiling was ‘so perceptive’

Spy Sheikh?
Rep. Ro Khanna (Calif.), the top Democrat on the House Select Committee on China, has launched an investigation into a deal between a Trump family cryptocurrency company and an investment firm linked to an Emirati royal known as the “spy sheikh.”

If they’re releasing all these files and nothing is being done about it, aren’t they really just bragging about what they can get away with??? - Feminist News

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Rock The Voter News

• Top Senate Democrat Sparks Alarm With Cryptic Letter to the CIA ‘Raising Concerns’
• Kamala Harris Ruthlessly Mocked Over Relaunch of 2024 Campaign Account
• Democratic Women’s Caucus blasts Trump admin’s ‘targeted attacks against child care programs’

If democrats rigged the election in 2020, why didn't they rig it again in 2024? - Molly Ploofkins

Pocahontas Scalps Treasury Secretary

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) sparred with Trump Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent during a contentious exchange at Thursday’s Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on the state of the economy.

Warren repeatedly pressed Bessent to acknowledge data from the Trump administration showing grocery prices had increased in 2025, which Bessent refused to do until she cited it.

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Business/Tech News

• Trump finalizes rule making it easier to fire 50,000 federal workers
• CNN Business Reporter Breaks Down Disappointing Jobs Report for Trump Admin
• Bitcoin's slide deepens, wiping out Trump-era gains
• Nationwide recall on Chips Ahoy! expanded

Trump is, in fact, the most transparent president ever. He's stealing billions from us right before our eyes. - Andy Borowitz

Not Pizza Hut!

Pizza Hut plans to close 250 U.S. restaurants in the first half of this year as its parent company considers a sale of the chain.

Yum Brands (YUM) said Wednesday it’s targeting underperforming Pizza Hut restaurants in its system. Pizza Hut has more than 6,000 locations in the U.S.

The Medici funded both the City of Florence and the Italian Renaissance for two centuries, but Bezos couldn’t keep a newspaper together for a decade. - Stefan Smith

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Odd News

• Black hole continues to belch years after chewing up a star
•  Another STRONG X1.5 Flare from Solar Region 4366
• Marine biologists discover 28 new deep-sea species — and an old VHS tape
• Wild turkeys terrorize Wisconsin neighborhood, chase postal workers
• Car wash malfunction traps woman inside for almost an hour

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Remember that photo of the Banff mountains I posted a while back? Sweet story: My "grandaughter" |above| came by for a chat the day after I posted that photo. She wanted to see snow for the first time and loved Colorado but was leery of the current conditions in the USA. So I suggested Banff and the rest is history.  I admire and love strong adventurous women. She is skiing Banff!

Peace.

Poland to probe Russia-Epstein links: PM Tusk says late billionaire was likely a spy for Moscow

Poland to probe Russia-Epstein links: PM Tusk says late billionaire was likely a spy for Moscow

Poland is to launch an investigation into possible links between Jeffrey Epstein and Russian authorities. Prime Minister Donald Tusk wants...

now for the next question: is there anyone, anyone at all who was NOT involved with Epstein?  - J

The World Is A Safer Place Without Trump

• Standoff over ICE tactics could trigger another partial government shutdown
• Tom Homan Announces Massive Drawdown of Feds in Minneapolis
• DOJ lawyer says ‘this job sucks’ after judge accuses ICE of blowing court orders
• Woman Shot by Border Patrol Says Agent Appeared to Take “Trophy” Photo
• Jeffrey Epstein boasted about ‘wild’ dinner with Mark Zuckerberg, Reid Hoffman in unsealed 2015 email
• The Epstein files are rocking Britain from the palace to Parliament
• Andrew booted out of Royal Lodge in dead of night to begin exile after King 'concerned' by flood of Epstein claims
• UK will release files related to Mandelson's ambassador appointment in more Epstein fallout
• Newly released ghoulish pics show Jeffrey Epstein’s body as EMTs performed CPR after prison suicide
• JD Vance Torches ‘Incestuous’ Elites Named in Epstein Dump — But Defends Trump
• Judge grills DOJ over Hegseth's effort to punish Sen. Kelly: 'That's never been done'
• Israel Launches Deadly Strikes on Gaza, Saying Militants Attacked Its Soldiers
• Ukraine-Russia: Kremlin says it won’t stop fighting until Kyiv gives in to demands

Turns out killing someone on Fifth Avenue was the least of our worries. - JJinNH

What Can Democrats Do? They Have No Power. They Need A Gigantic Microphone.

For a fleeting moment in Washington, top Democrats believed last week they could reach a deal with the GOP to set new limits on President Donald Trump’s nationwide immigration enforcement after federal agents killed two US citizens in Minnesota.

That hope is mostly gone inside the US Capitol.

Masked thugs on streets.

Measles outbreaks across the nation.

Blatant government corruption.

Coverup of elite sex offenders.

Ruling party trying to rig elections.

Leader building grandiose monuments to himself.

Destruction of nonpartisan civil service.

Third world America. - Bill Kristol

BREAKING: Shocking new documents reveal that Trump's pick for Senate in New Hampshire is in the Epstein files. 

Epstein even said "John Sununu has good stories."

Why is no one talking about this? - firsttohearit

Republican Shenanigans

• Two Worlds Collide: Trump’s Tantrum & Kaitlan Collins’s Grace Sum Up the Moment
• Tuberville Claims ‘Half a Dozen’ Members of Congress Won ‘Bogus’ Elections
• Trump urges Republicans to nationalize voting after 2020 election result
• Wisconsin US Sen. Ron Johnson opposes Trump's call for Republicans to 'take over' elections
• Trump DOJ Lawyer Reportedly Begs Judge to Send Her to Jail in Wild Court Moment
• Nicki Minaj Tells Katie Miller She Thinks Moon Landing Was Fake
• Sen. Mitch McConnell hospitalized after experiencing 'flu-like symptoms'
• Pentagon warns Boy Scouts: Ban girls or we'll pull your funding

The FBI never executed a physical search or raid on Epstein’s Zorro Ranch in New Mexico.

Let that sink in. - Jeff Carlson

Another Billionaire Republican Trying To Be Christian

The newest challenger in the Georgia governor’s race compared one of his opponents to the biblical villain, Judas, in a new campaign ad. 

Republican candidate Rick Jackson, a billionaire health care executive, joined the race on Tuesday. He is competing against Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, state Attorney General Chris Carr and Trump-backed Lt. Gov. Burt Jones in the state’s Republican primary election. 

Breaking: 6 More Weeks of Winter after Punxsutawney Phil the Groundhog was beaten by 6 ICE officers and shot 8 times. - William B.

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Rock The Voter News

• Democrat Meeks screams at Bessent: ‘Stop covering for the president’
• Senate Democrats Outline Drug Pricing Agenda to Cut Patient Costs
• Democrats Say AI Data Centers Must Pay More to Ease Consumer Costs

Trump has always been insecure around educated women...that's why he married Melania. - Alex Cole

Will The Democrats Subpoena Trump? 

Facing the threat of being held in contempt of Congress, Bill and Hillary Clinton agreed Tuesday to testify before the House Oversight Committee about convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Democrats now say Republicans have established a precedent when it comes to Congress’ ability to subpoena and haul in past presidents, first ladies and family members under threat of criminal charges if they refuse — a precedent they warn the GOP and Oversight Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., will soon regret.

Kinda crazy that Ghislaine got 20 years for sex trafficking minors but nobody in the Epstein files did anything bad - Deva Hazarika

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Business/Tech News

• Sen. Rick Scott, Republicans seek to overrule D.C. move blocking no-tax-on-tips, overtime provisions
• Republicans seek to ban lab-grown meat before it hits Kentucky shelves
• ‘It’s an absolute bloodbath’: Washington Post undergoing significant layoffs as part of ‘strategic reset’
• Poll finds Republicans support utility-scale solar power, especially if it’s American-made

Apparently The Post has laid off every reporter and editor covering the Middle East. Jerusalem bureau closed. Also Ukraine bureau closed. - Robert McCartney

SCOTUS Says NO To Trump

The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed California to use a new voter-approved congressional map that is favorable to Democrats in this year’s elections, rejecting a last-ditch plea from state Republicans and the Trump administration.

No justices dissented from the brief order.

Yes let's "move on" from the epstein files and start the epstein trials. - Covie

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Odd News

• Sun unleashes colossal X4.2 solar flare, knocking out radio signals across Africa and Europe (video)
• Jupiter is smaller and flatter than we thought
• 'Impossible' Particle That Crashed into Earth With 100,000 Times the Energy of the LHC May Actually Be from an Exploding Black Hole
• 150-year-old bottle of alcohol found in Utah, tasted by experts
• Michigan teacher earns Guinness World Record for 67-year career
• 1930s camera bought from thrift store contained mysterious photos

Time To Deflate Photo

One of the many charms of London, England is that there are consequences for being a pedo.

Peace.