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Eric Ferkenhoff retweeted
In a private meeting last week, a group of survivors of Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse and family members of the late Virginia Giuffre pointed House Oversight Chair James Comer to allegations from the Justice Department’s Epstein files to further investigate, arguing that acting Attorney General Todd Blanche’s suggestion there were no more leads to pursue in the case is not true. cnn.it/4vc4RAx
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SCOOP: Despite insisting that a $1.776 billion “anti-weaponization” fund has been scrapped, the administration is quietly assuring allies that payout plans remain on track, @S_Fitzpatrick reports.
theatlantic.com/politics/202…
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UPDATE: New York Times files additional motion challenging Pete Hegseth's press restrictions at Pentagon, calling requirements "retaliatory, arbitrary, unconstitutional"
But check this out: the Times says it's been landing more scoops *after* Hegseth tried to clamp down
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🚨🚨🚨an internal memo obtained by @EricM_Katz shows the IRS has received special permission to expedite hiring 8,000 employees after getting rid of 28,000 last year
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Bill Gates Says Epstein Tried to Blackmail Him notus.org/congress/bill-gate…
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EXCERPT from Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump, by @jonathanvswan and me, in NYT Magazine today. How the Epstein files crisis paralyzed the Trump White House for the better part of a year nytimes.com/2026/06/10/magaz…
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The Donald J. Trump and Jeffrey Epstein Memorial Reading Room has come from New York to D.C. and features more than 3 million pages of files. The exhibit is expected to appear in five or six states before the end of the year, said organizer David Garrett. wapo.st/3QeLOGs
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.@DemocracyFwd filed a #FOIA suit against DOJ today for Kash Patel info. Those keywords... 👀
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“I’m not going to wait. I’m not waiting two weeks. No.”
Federal judge in Chicago sets June 17 hearing over alleged grand jury misconduct by prosecutor, with only one way out: chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2…
Eric Ferkenhoff retweeted
The @washingtonpost is posting a bunch of jobs. I know, it seems counterintuitive but this remains a killer newsroom (even with the drama). List of gigs to follow:
1. Graphics Assignment Editor.
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Eric Ferkenhoff retweeted
ProPublica obtained a vast cache of IRS information showing how billionaires like Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk pay little in income tax compared to their massive wealth — sometimes, even nothing.
(Pub. 2021)
propublica.org/article/the-s…
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NEW: The ICE agent who killed Keith Porter Jr. in Los Angeles allegedly told his girlfriend's ex-husband ICE would criminally prosecute the man for leaking his identity, according to court records and a recording. Latest w/ @liborjany latimes.com/california/story…
Eric Ferkenhoff retweeted
Justice Dept is attempting to erase Jan 6 history, by literally deleting its news releases & web pages
But... the internet is forever!
On the left is what Trump Admin posted
On the right is the actual record on Jan 6 rioter who was found guilty of confronting police
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Breaking NYT:
CBS News declined to renew its contract with '60 Minutes' correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi — six months after her segment on torture in Salvadoran prisons was pulled off the air abruptly by Bari Weiss. nytimes.com/2026/05/27/busin…
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BREAKING: Adam Hoffman has been released from jail for "good behavior."
Hoffman is the 49-year-old Waco, TX attorney who faced life without parole for repeatedly raping a young boy, until Texas AG Ken Paxton offered him 1 day in jail and no need to register as a sex offender. A judge increased his sentence to a whopping 60 days. He got out in 30 days.
This is MAGA's vision for the USA. Full story: letsaddresstexas.substack.co…
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.@AGSNYT calls out media owners that have settled flimsy lawsuits and transformed their coverage to placate the president: "Such capitulation, even seemingly small instances of it, serves only to embolden the administration to keep attacking the press." nytco.com/press/ag-sulzberge…
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Prior to publication of this story, CNN presented the CIA with extensive details of its reporting. The CIA declined to comment. After publication, CIA spokesperson Liz Lyons released a statement to CNN saying, “This is false and salacious reporting that serves as nothing more than a PR campaign for the cartels and puts American lives at risk,” without specifying what aspect of the reporting is false.
cnn.com/2026/05/12/politics/…
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Like covering fast-paced news about Washington and the world? Come work for me! @politico is hiring a breaking news reporter. Details for the job are in the posting, but I am happy to answer questions.
Application will close in ~2 weeks, don't delay!
politico.wd108.myworkdayjobs…
Eric Ferkenhoff retweeted
The Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general has launched a probe into the $38 billion warehouse-to-detention program championed by former Secretary Kristi Noem from @tparti @MHackman @shaneshifflett wsj.com/politics/policy/watc… via @WSJ
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Check out this story from USA TODAY: Canada’s fentanyl czar sounds alarm on next wave of synthetics
In exclusive interview with USA TODAY, Kevin Brosseau says US-Canada effort has alleviated fentanyl crisis but that nitazenes and others pose threat.
usatoday.com/story/news/worl…
