Epstein Document Dump Rattles Silicon Valley

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The latest release of Jeffrey Epstein files from the Justice Department indicates that the late sex offender maintained wider and deeper connections in the tech industry than was previously known. The revelations are now causing fractures in the usually clubby world of Silicon Valley.

Emails and other documents show that Epstein was in contact with at least 20 prominent tech executives, investors and researchers, including some current CEOs, according to an NBC News review of a portion of the documents. In emails, they discussed a wide array of subjects, such as startup investments, the prospects of bitcoin, social gatherings, helicopter rentals and, in one case, negotiations over a corporate exit package.

Two tech billionaires, Tesla CEO Elon Musk and LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman, have been locked in a social media struggle for days since the documents were released, trading public insults on X as they have accused each other of having exercised poor judgment in connection with Epstein. Both men were already known associates of Epstein, and the documents released Friday included further details about their connections. Authorities have not accused either of wrongdoing in connection with Epstein.

On Tuesday night, Hoffman and Musk were still battling online. After Hoffman called for justice for Epstein’s victims, Musk taunted him, “While you’re at it, maybe you can help OJ ‘find the real killer,’” a reference to O.J. Simpson.

Hoffman jabbed back at Musk by posting a screenshot of an email in which Musk asked Epstein in 2012, “What day/night will be the wildest party on your island?” (Read more from “Epstein Document Dump Rattles Silicon Valley” HERE)

Report: Trump to Erect Christopher Columbus Statue Outside White House

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President Donald Trump is planning to install a statue of Christopher Columbus on the south side of the White House, sources told the Washington Post on Wednesday.

The statue will reportedly be a reconstruction of a statue unveiled by former President Ronald Reagan in Baltimore, Maryland, that had been dumped into the city’s harbor by Black Lives Matter rioters in 2020, according to the Post. Bill Martin, an Italian American businessman who helped recover and rebuild the original statue, said the sculpture is expected to be transferred from a Maryland warehouse to the White House in the coming weeks.

The White House said that Trump will continue to honor Columbus, emphasizing that the explorer is a hero.

“In this White House, Christopher Columbus is a hero,” White House spokesman Davis Ingle said. “And he will continue to be honored as such by President Trump.”

Trump has expressed staunch support for Columbus, in part by reinstating Columbus Day in honor of Italian Americans. In October, he signed a proclamation to commemorate Columbus’ life with “reverence and gratitude.” (Read more from “Report: Trump to Erect Christopher Columbus Statue Outside White House” HERE)

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GoFundMe for 300 Axed Washington Post Journalists Surpasses $250K on First Day

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The Washington Post Guild created a GoFundMe for the more than 300 journalists that were laid off at the mainstay newspaper Wednesday morning — and were “bowled over” by the influx of donations from near and far.

The GoFundMe, organized by the guild and overseen by economics reporter Rachel Siegel, eclipsed $250,000 in donations Wednesday evening.

Siegel wrote that the funds will help the former staffers with “moving costs, visa expenses, childcare, healthcare, meals and more.”

“What has made The Post special for so long is the people at this company. How resourceful we are. How much we care for each other. And that will continue,” the fundraiser read.

Nearly 2,000 people have already pitched in as of Wednesday evening. The current goal is set at $350,000, but Siegel noted the fundraiser will remain open “at least for the next few days.” (Read more from “GoFundMe for 300 Axed Washington Post Journalists Surpasses $250K on First Day” HERE)

Man Sentenced to Life in Prison for Plotting to Kill Trump in 2024

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A man who plotted to assassinate President Donald Trump at his Florida golf course in September 2024, two months before the US election, was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison.

Ryan Routh, 59, was convicted in September of trying to kill then-candidate Trump, the second attempt on the billionaire’s life in the run-up to the vote that brought him back to the White House.

According to an AFP journalist in the courtroom, Judge Aileen Cannon handed down the sentence of life plus seven years after a 90-minute hearing, saying it was “to protect the public from future crime” committed by Routh.

“The evil is in you. Not in everybody else,” she told him.

Routh was arrested on September 15, 2024 after a Secret Service agent saw the barrel of a rifle poking from the bushes on the perimeter of the West Palm Beach golf course, where Trump was playing a round ahead of the November election. (Read more from “Man Sentenced to Life in Prison for Plotting to Kill Trump in 2024” HERE)

Left-Wing Teachers Across the Country Are Forcing Kids to Protest ICE

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Anti-American, left-wing teachers are forcing K-12 kids to join anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) protests all across the country as Democrats and foreign-funded activists continue to march in support of criminal illegal migrants.

A school teacher in Boston, for instance, proudly released a video showing what appears to be first grade children parading inside the classroom with anti-ICE signs, according to the MassDailyNews.

Teachers have a vested interest in Joe Biden-styled, open borders immigration because as more illegals enter the country, more students from families of illegals are fed into the school systems for free education. Hence more teachers are hired and local, state, and federal officials shovel more tax dollars at schools.

For instance, one Colorado school reported that tens of thousands of kids of illegal migrants flooded the state’s school during Biden’s presidency. The city of Denver lavished $356 million on illegals in 2024 alone, and a large portion of that went to city schools.

Teachers are celebrating the anti-ICE protests. Comedian Adam Carolla highlighted another left-wing teacher of very young children leading them to chant anti-ICE slogans:

(Read more from “Left-Wing Teachers Across the Country Are Forcing Kids to Protest ICE” HERE)

Move On, Says Trump as Epstein Files Trigger Probe Into British Ambassador

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US President Donald Trump made a fresh plea Tuesday for Americans to move on from the Jeffrey Epstein scandal, even as it left a prominent British politician facing a criminal probe on the other side of the Atlantic.

Former British ambassador to Washington Peter Mandelson resigned from the upper house of parliament amid allegations he passed confidential information to late sex offender Epstein.

The fallout from the latest release of millions of documents linked to Epstein continued in the United States too, where former president Bill Clinton and his wife Hillary will testify in Congress later this month. . .

“Nothing came out about me other than it was a conspiracy against me, literally, by Epstein and other people. But I think it’s time now for the country to maybe get on to something else like health care or something that people care about,” Trump said.

Trump added that it was “not a Republican, it’s a Democrat problem,” in a bid to turn the issue back to the Clintons, and away from the mention in the files of allies including his Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and billionaire Elon Musk. (Read more from “Move On, Says Trump as Epstein Files Trigger Probe Into British Ambassador” HERE)

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Newly Released Ghoulish Pics Show Jeffrey Epstein’s Body as EMTs Performed CPR After Prison Suicide

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Previously-unreleased pictures of Jeffrey Epstein’s body and his jail cell following his death in 2019 are included among the millions of new documents dumped by the Department of Justice.

The two documents — a death investigation by the FBI’s New York Field Office and a report from the Lieutenant’s Office of the Metropolitan Correctional Center — include dozens of photos of the late financier after he was found hanged in his cell in the early hours of Aug. 10, 2019.

One of the reports, labeled as “EFTA00134598” by the Department of Justice, shows Epstein with the shirt of his orange prison garb ripped open as an EMT attempts to perform CPR.

Epstein has TENS pads, the electrode patches found in CPR kits, stuck to his bare chest, a neck brace, and has an oxygen tank strapped to his gurney, with a clear tube leading to his mouth.

He is also hooked up to an IV drip.

One of the pictures shows Epstein’s horrifically red and bloated face, with deep red cuts to his neck where a makeshift noose dug into the flesh. (Read more from “Newly Released Ghoulish Pics Show Jeffrey Epstein’s Body as EMTs Performed CPR After Prison Suicide” HERE)

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Another Secret Chinese Biolab Found on US Soil?

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Following the discovery that Chinese communist agents were coordinating intimidation, espionage, and coercion campaigns out of illegal police stations in the United States, officials found something potentially more threatening in Reedley, California: a Chinese biolab containing deadly pathogens including Ebola.

The secret Chinese lab apparently was not one of a kind.

SWAT officers with the Las Vegas Metro Police Department raided a home in the city’s northeast end on Jan. 31, discovering a suspected illegal biolab apparently linked to the Chinese national who owned the Reedley site.

Footage shows local and federal agents massing outside a Sugar Springs Drive residence near Washington Avenue and Hollywood early Saturday morning while drones patrolled overhead.

A tactical robot dog explored the interior and conducted air sampling before members of the LVMPD’s All-Hazard Regional Multi-agency Operations and Response team made entry.

(Read more from “Another Secret Chinese Biolab Found on US Soil?” HERE)

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Video: All-Out Brawl Erupts Between Adult Male With MAGA Hat and More Than a Dozen Apparent HS Students at ICE Protest

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Cellphone videos caught the moment when an all-out brawl erupted between an adult male with a MAGA hat and over a dozen apparent high school students at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement protest Monday afternoon in Texas.

The Buda Police Department said a Hays County Sheriff’s Office school resource officer at Moe and Gene Johnson High School in Buda indicated that students were conducting a “walkout” protest on RM967. Buda is about 20 minutes southwest of Austin.

Law enforcement personnel responded to the area to provide safety and security for pedestrians and motorists, police said. . .

Arriving officers were notified that a female juvenile on the sidewalk and an adult male in a vehicle were engaged in a verbal argument, police said, adding that the argument escalated into a physical altercation involving multiple people.

You can view a clip of the brawl in KXAN-TV’s video report about the altercation; it shows what appears to be at least a dozen apparent high school students punching and kicking the adult male, knocking him to the ground, and even putting him in a headlock until he’s able to get up and retreat to his vehicle. There is no audio. (Read more from “Video: All-Out Brawl Erupts Between Adult Male With MAGA Hat and More Than a Dozen Apparent HS Students at ICE Protest” HERE)

Russia Says India Has Not Said It Is Canceling Oil Purchases After Trump Trade Deal

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Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday that India has not indicated it will stop buying Russian oil, as claimed by President Donald Trump on Monday.

“So far, we have not heard any statements from Delhi on this issue,” Peskov told reporters on Tuesday.

“We respect bilateral U.S.-Indian relations, but we attach no less importance to the development of an advanced strategic partnership between Russia and India,” he said.

“This is the most important thing for us, and we intend to further develop our bilateral relations with Delhi,” he said, signaling that Russia would not lash out at India for whatever agreement it has made with the United States.

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said on Tuesday that “we’re only seeing public statements” about the U.S.-India agreement, and “we’ll see how the situation develops.” (Read more from “Russia Says India Has Not Said It Is Canceling Oil Purchases After Trump Trade Deal” HERE)