Tesla CEO and notorious hypemaster Elon Musk has suggested a new use for the company’s Optimus humanoid robots — having them track and surveil former criminals to prevent them from reoffending. Musk plans to end prisons in favor of a “more humane form of containment of future crime.”
Futurism reports that at a recent Tesla shareholder meeting, Elon Musk unveiled his latest unconventional idea: using the company’s Optimus robots to monitor criminals and intervene if they attempt to commit new crimes. Musk framed this as a “more humane form of containment of future crime” compared to the current prison system.
“You don’t have to put people in prisons and stuff,” Musk said. “If somebody’s committed crime, you now get a free Optimus and it’s just gonna follow you around and stop you from doing crime. But other than that you get to do anything. It’s just gonna stop you from committing crime, that’s really it.”
The proposal immediately generated controversy and raised numerous ethical and practical questions. Musk provided few details on how exactly the robots, which are still in early development, would be able to identify and prevent criminal acts. There are also significant concerns around privacy, surveillance, and the societal implications of having for-profit robots integrated into the criminal justice system.
“This shows a complete lack of understanding of criminology, the justice system, and frankly, basic human rights,” said Michael Johnson, a legal expert at the Brookings Institution. “The idea that a robot can somehow rehabilitate offenders better than comprehensive support programs is absurd. It comes across as a dystopian surveillance scheme more than anything else.” (Read more from “Elon Musk Plans to End Prisons by Having His Robots Follow Crooks and Stop Them from ‘Doing Crime’” HERE)
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Newly released emails from convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein appear to claim that President Donald Trump was aware of Epstein’s relationships with underage girls, according to documents made public Wednesday by House Democrats.
The three emails — part of a 20,000-page tranche of Epstein estate records — were shared by Democrats on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, revealing previously unseen correspondence between Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, and author Michael Wolff.
In one 2011 message to Maxwell, Epstein wrote, “That dog that hasn’t barked is Trump… [victim] spent hours at my house with him… he has never once been mentioned.”
Another email from 2019 to Wolff reads, “[Victim] Mar-a-Lago. [REDACTED]. Trump said he asked me to resign, never a member ever. Of course he knew about the girls as he asked Ghislaine to stop.”
Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.), the top Democrat on the Oversight panel, said the emails raise urgent questions about what Trump and his administration knew — and when.
“The more Donald Trump tries to cover up the Epstein files, the more we uncover,” Garcia said in a statement. “These latest emails raise glaring questions about what else the White House is hiding. The Department of Justice must release the Epstein files to the public immediately.”
Democrats have been pushing for the DOJ to fully declassify Epstein-related materials, a move that could gain traction as the House prepares to vote to reopen the government. Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva (D-Ariz.) is expected to be sworn in Wednesday, providing the final signature needed to force floor action on the bill compelling the DOJ to release all Epstein documents.
The White House condemned Democrats’ release of the emails as “selective and misleading,” defending Trump’s past actions toward Epstein.
“The Democrats selectively leaked emails to the liberal media to create a fake narrative to smear President Trump,” Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said. “President Trump kicked Jeffrey Epstein out of his club decades ago for being a creep to his female employees, including Virginia Giuffre.”
Leavitt noted that the victim referenced in the emails — whose name Democrats redacted — was Virginia Giuffre, the former Mar-a-Lago employee and one of Epstein’s most vocal accusers, who died by suicide earlier this year.
“Giuffre repeatedly said President Trump was not involved in any wrongdoing whatsoever,” Leavitt added. “These stories are nothing more than bad-faith efforts to distract from President Trump’s accomplishments and the government reopening.”
Giuffre’s family criticized Trump earlier this year after he claimed Epstein had “stolen” her from Mar-a-Lago.
“It was shocking to hear President Trump invoke our sister and say that he was aware that Virginia had been ‘stolen,’” her family said. “It makes us ask if he was aware of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell’s criminal actions.”
Epstein’s correspondence with Wolff shows a calculated attempt to use Trump’s public image to his advantage. In one message, Wolff suggested that if Trump denied their relationship, Epstein could gain “political currency.”
“If he says he hasn’t been on the plane or to the house, that gives you valuable PR and political currency,” Wolff wrote. “If it looks like he could win, you could save him, generating a debt.”
In a separate controversy earlier this year, Trump sued The Wall Street Journal for defamation after it published a story revealing a 2003 birthday note he allegedly wrote to Epstein. The note — later verified by the Oversight Committee — referred to a “wonderful secret” and said the two men “have certain things in common.”
The email release comes just days after House Judiciary Democrats revealed whistleblower claims that Ghislaine Maxwell is receiving “concierge-style treatment” in a Texas federal prison while preparing to seek a commutation of her sentence from Trump.
According to those reports, Maxwell has access to staff-only areas, private workouts, and custom meal deliveries — privileges that critics say highlight her ongoing influence and connections.
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The House on Wednesday passed a funding bill to end the longest government shutdown in US history, sending the legislation to President Trump’s desk for the final step to end the 43-day standoff.
In a 222-209 vote, the House voted to pass the funding bill it received from the Senate which will restart paychecks for federal workers and air traffic controllers, and fund food assistance programs.
The legislation finally “reopens the government, restores critical services, and puts an end to the needless hardship Democrats have inflicted on the country,” said GOP House Appropriations Committee Chairman Tom Cole of Oklahoma.
Trump will sign the measure into law Wednesday night in the Oval Office, officially ending the shutdown.
“We feel very relieved tonight,” House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) told reporters after the vote. “The Democrat shutdown is finally over thanks to House and Senate Republicans, who stood together to get the job done.” (Read more from “House Votes to End Unprecedented Government Shutdown After 43 Days, Sending Funding Bill to Trump’s Desk” HERE)
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A discharge petition for a bill to release files related to Jeffrey Epstein got enough signatures Wednesday to force action on the matter, teeing up a long-sought vote on the House floor relating to the convicted sex offender.
Rep. Adelita Grijalva (D-Ariz.) became the 218th and final signature on the discharge petition shortly after she was sworn in Wednesday. She joined all other Democrats and four Republicans: Reps. Thomas Massie (Ky.), Marjorie Taylor Greene (Ga.), Lauren Boebert (Colo.) and Nancy Mace (S.C.).
Grijalva signed the petition on the House floor immediately after being sworn in as Democrats in the chamber cheered and two Epstein survivors looked on from the gallery.
“Just this morning, House Democrats released more emails showing that [President] Trump knew more about Epstein’s abuses than he previously acknowledged. It’s about time for Congress to restore its role as a check and balance on this administration and fight for we, the American people,” she said in her first speech.
She added, “Justice cannot wait another day.” (Read more from “Discharge Petition to Force House Vote on Epstein Files Succeeds With Grijalva’s Signature” HERE)
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President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that Veterans Day will now also be known as “Victory Day for World War I,” marking a symbolic shift meant to emphasize America’s military triumphs and global leadership in the 20th century.
Speaking at Arlington National Cemetery during a blustery outdoor ceremony, Trump said he was inspired by other nations’ celebrations of wartime victories and wanted the United States to “properly honor the wars we won.”
“Today is not only Veterans Day, but it’s my proclamation that we are now going to be saying and calling [it] Victory Day for World War I,” Trump said, standing before rows of headstones as cold winds swept across the hallowed ground.
Trump cited France’s celebrations of Armistice Day and Russia’s annual Victory Day parade, saying America had been “too modest” about its own military achievements.
“I saw France celebrating Victory Day, and I saw the UK and Russia doing it too. They were all celebrating — and we’re the ones that won the wars,” Trump said to applause from attendees. “From now on, we’re going to say Victory Day for World War I and World War II. And maybe someday, somebody else will add a few more — because we won a lot of good ones.”
Before delivering his remarks, Trump laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, joined by Vice President JD Vance, an Iraq War veteran, and Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins.
The ceremony took place under harsh weather conditions, with wind gusts around 16 miles per hour and wind chills below freezing. Trump, wearing a scarf and gloves, saluted as the military band played “Taps” in tribute to fallen service members.
“Our heroes have lived through unthinkable nightmares so we could live the American dream — and the American dream is coming back again, stronger than ever before,” Trump said. “You’ll see that as the next few years evolve.”
Trump had first floated the idea of renaming Veterans Day earlier this year, posting on Truth Social in May that he wanted May 8—the anniversary of Germany’s surrender in 1945—to be recognized as “Victory Day for World War II.” While that proclamation did not materialize, his latest remarks suggest a renewed effort to institutionalize “Victory Day” alongside Veterans Day on November 11, the date of the World War I armistice.
The official White House Veterans Day proclamation, released Monday, made no mention of the new title, though Trump’s public statement appears to make the change ceremonial for now.
President Trump granted pardons for 77 individuals tied to a plot to overturn the 2020 presidential election – including Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, and Kenneth Chesebro, the White House announced late Sunday night.
The full list of those pardoned, many of whom faced charges related to the 2020 “fake electors” plot, was posted to X just before 11 p.m. by Trump’s “clemency czar” attorney Ed Martin.
Those on the list were allegedly entangled in a scheme to organize alternate slates of electors from battleground states that former President Joe Biden won, including Georgia, Arizona, and Michigan.
Pardons also went to former Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows and other 2020 campaign aides who allegedly worked together to submit names of fake electors from the three states to Congress to keep him in office.
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A Massachusetts-based federal judge publicized his abrupt departure from the bench after 40 years through an op-ed published Sunday by The Atlantic bemoaning President Donald Trump’s “angry attacks on the courts.”
Former U.S. District Judge Mark L. Wolf, 78, appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1985, officially tendered his resignation from the lifetime appointment Friday. The former senior judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts later wrote in The Atlantic he was “relinquishing” his longtime post, claiming the Trump administration’s “assault on the rule of law is so deeply disturbing to me that I feel compelled to speak out.”
Trump, whose name Wolf mentions 30 times in his piece, “is using the law for partisan purposes, targeting his adversaries while sparing his friends and donors from investigation, prosecution, and possible punishment,” the former Massachusetts judge alleged.
“As I watched in dismay and disgust from my position on the bench, I came to feel deeply uncomfortable operating under the necessary ethical rules that muzzle judges’ public statements and restrict their activities,” Wolf wrote. “Day after day, I observed in silence as President Trump, his aides, and his allies dismantled so much of what I dedicated my life to.”
In making his case against Trump, the judge referenced President Richard Nixon, in whose Department of Justice (DOJ) he briefly served. (Read more from “‘Dismay And Disgust’: Federal Judge Rage Quits, Blasting ‘Existential Threat’ Trump Over ‘Angry Attacks On The Courts’” HERE)
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President Donald Trump issued a harsh rebuke of Republican Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene following her recent remarks criticizing the White House.
CNN White House correspondent Kaitlan Collins asked Trump about Greene’s social media post expressing frustration over his White House meeting with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, a former al-Qaeda leader, Monday. The reporter also pressed the president over her comments criticizing the administration on cost of living and other domestic policy issues.
“I don’t know what happened to Marjorie,” Trump responded. “She’s a nice woman, but I don’t know what happened. She’s lost her way, I think, but I have to view the presidency as a worldwide situation, not locally. We could have a world that’s on fire where wars come to our shores very easily if you had a bad president.”
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He called former President Joe Biden a “horrible president,” pointing to the conflicts that began during his administration. “I put out 8 wars, 9 to come. I think I’ll get the other one taken care of,” Trump said before highlighting the economic toll of the Russia-Ukraine war on the U.S.
“When you’re president, you really have to sort of watch over the world because you are going to be dragged into it otherwise,” he added.
Trump then referenced his support for the “One, Big Beautiful Bill,” calling it “the biggest tax cuts in the history of the country” before taking another swipe at Greene.
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President Trump said Monday that he will abide by the terms of a deal ending the ongoing 41-day government shutdown — but that Republicans will pursue a new plan to replace expiring health insurance subsidies that triggered the funding lapse.
Trump said that the government would fully reopen “very quickly” amid the mass-cancelation of flights caused by federal workers taking time off to work side jobs to earn money.
“I’ll abide by the deal. The deal is very good,” the president said when asked about a provision requiring him to re-hire federal workers who were fired during the shutdown.
The deal brokered by eight Democratic senators guarantees an open vote on extending more generous pandemic-era Affordable Care Act subsidies set to expire Dec. 31 for about 22 million people.
But the deal doesn’t guarantee an outcome for that vote and Trump made clear he prefers a different resolution.
“We want a health care system where we pay the money to the people instead of the insurance companies,” Trump said in the Oval Office. (Read more from “Trump Pledges to ‘Abide’ by Deal to End Government Shutdown — But Vows to Upend Obamacare Subsidies” HERE)
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President Donald Trump hinted that Syria could possibly join several agreements, which include joining an anti-ISIS coalition and the Abraham Accords, after meeting with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa on Monday.
While taking questions from reporters in the Oval Office, Trump was asked how his meeting went with Sharaa. Trump described Sharaa as a “very strong leader” and a “tough guy.” Trump also indicated that his administration wanted to “see Syria be successful.”
“Could you update us on your meeting? Did you come to any agreements?” a reporter asked Trump.
“He’s a very strong leader, he comes from a very tough place, and he’s a tough guy,” Trump said. “I like him. I get along with him — the President, the new President of Syria. We’ll do everything we can to make Syria successful, because that’s part of the Middle East.”
Trump also noted that there was “peace now in the Middle East” for the first time that people could remember, and described Syria as being a “very big part of the Middle East.” (Read more from “Trump Hints at Agreements With Syria After Meeting Jihadi President: ‘I Think This Leader Can Do It’” HERE)
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