Another one bites the dust . . . Thomas Pritzker said on Monday he stepped down as executive chairman of Hyatt Hotels acknowledging "terrible judgment" in maintaining contact with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.

"The owners of a Dallas County warehouse that ICE had planned to use as a mega detention center said Monday it will not sell or lease the property to the federal government. “God answered our prayers,” the Hutchins Mayor said after learning of the decision... www.dallasnews.com/news/immigra...

CBS News’s Bari Weiss is set to lose one of her network’s biggest stars. Anderson Cooper has declined a contract renewal with CBS & will leave 60 Minutes ahead of the fall season. Weiss was chosen & empowered by Larry Ellison, a major Trump donor. Story => www.thedailybeast.com/maga-curious...

Indyke and Kahn allegedly directed, approved, enabled, and justified millions of dollars in payments that fueled the Epstein Enterprise’s sex trafficking, including payments to women who were forced to have sex with Epstein and/or recruited others to be victimized. Gift link => archive.ph/D4seS

Darren Indyke & Richard Kahn were Epstein’s lawyer & accountant. They are co-executors & beneficiaries of Epstein’s estate. Survivors have shared with the Committee that Indyke & Kahn knew of Epstein’s abuse & helped facilitate his crimes through their management of his legal & financial affairs.

Since the start of King Trump’s second regime in January 2025, a large majority of people in ICE detention have had no criminal convictions. And, as this graph shows, that number has grown significantly over time.

Religious leaders & legal activists, & political allies have been laying the groundwork for an expansion of the role of religion in public life. King Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission is expected to produce a blueprint for policy changes that could redefine boundaries between govt & religion.

The Trump regime has been illegally seizing tankers as part of its broader efforts to take control of Venezuela's oil.

AG Pam Blondie has told Congress that the DOJ has released “all” Trump-Epstein files required under the Epstein Files Transparency Act. But the DOJ itself has acknowledged that around 6M pages of material could qualify as “Epstein files,” while only about 3.5M pages have actually been disclosed.

The astonishing amount of fraud, deception, and graft that will be associated with the so-called Board of Peace is going to BLOW YOUR HAIR BACK. I doubt humanity has ever encountered as dark and diseased an operation as this one will be, if it even survives the decade.

SAVE THE DATE! Democratic rebuttal to King Trump's State of the Union is Tuesday, February 24 airing on major television networks immediately following the conclusion of the address.

AG Pam Bondi with Keith Frankel. He's in the Trump-Epstein files 400 times, and talked with Epstein about "body boxes" in 2010. He is CEO of Vitaquest, & his family runs a "children's home" that "rescues" children from Ukraine. The home is referenced as being a hot bed for child trafficking.

The SAVE Act is voter suppression with a fresh coat of paint.

We don't want peace, we want your land. Israel will begin a contentious land regulation process in a large part of the occupied West Bank, which could result in Israel gaining control over wide swaths of the area for future development, according to a government decision on Sunday.

More than three dozen Democratic senators have begun an independent inquiry into the EPA following a huge change in how the agency measures the health benefits of reducing air pollution that is widely seen as a major setback to US efforts to combat the climate crisis.

The Trump-Epstein files contain an allegation that Trump was aware of and funded “underage sex parties at the Donald Trump Golf course.” The tipster allegedly was aware of three separate occasions in which girls were murdered and buried on the golf course - one strangled by TV host Robin Leach.

Federal agents carrying out King Trump’s immigration crackdown have shot 13 people. But far more often, they have used harsh tactics that are less deadly but still inflict grievous injuries. Hundreds have been hurt, & courts have found that officers used force inappropriately & indiscriminately.

Emails in the Trump-Epstein files show Steve Bannon discussed opposition strategies with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein against Pope Francis, with Bannon saying he hoped to “take down” the pontiff whom he saw as an opponent his nationalist populism vision.

ICE is lawless . . . Hundreds of judges around the country have ruled more than 4,400 times since October that ICE is detaining immigrants unlawfully, a Reuters review of court records found. ICE generally doesn't comply with their orders, and continues to engage in the same unlawful conduct.

King Trump sure knows how to pick 'em. A WSJ report alleges major corruption at DHS under Sec Kristi Noem, detailing her romantic ties with adviser Corey Lewandowski, his control over contracts despite limited authority, abuse of staff, and lavish travel on a $70M jet—sparking widespread outrage.

The Trump regime has institutionalized a system in which the US urges & coerces countries to accept migrants who are not their citizens, through arrangements that are costly, wasteful & poorly monitored. Once used only in exceptional circumstances— it has become a routine instrument of diplomacy.

The whistleblower’s complaint alleges that Gabbard restricted the distribution of intelligence about this conversation for political purposes. Gabbard allegedly met with White House chief of staff Susie Wiles to discuss the intercept, after which she limited the distribution of the report.

What does Ms Beck know that Blanche doesn’t want made public? Gwendolyn Beck, a former congressional candidate, has history with Epstein. She was a frequent passenger on Epstein’s private jet. Epstein was a significant financial backer of her 2014 campaign, contributing the maximum allowable.

Ghislaine Maxwell lied on her US citizenship application. She checked the no box when asked if she had ever procured anyone for prostitution. She had been trafficking since 1994. This could get another 25 years added to her sentence.

Casey Wasserman, a prominent entertainment & sports agent & the chair of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, is putting his talent agency up for sale after facing backlash over his appearance in Trump-Epstein files. Is it time for Wasserman to step down as chair of the LA Olympics as well?

Majestic Realty, which is owned by Los Angeles Lakers & Kings co-owner & Republican donor Ed Roski Jr., is listed as the broker contact on the listing for a proposed $80M ICE detention facility. These globally recognized sports brands could suffer reputational damage. Time to boycott?

Rep. Ted Lieu flagged an explosive allegation Thursday after reviewing the Trump-Epstein files. A limo driver recalled Trump making “very concerning” comments about “abusing some girl.” The tip also included allegations that Trump & Epstein had raped a young girl who was later found dead.

Election deniers, one and all . . . Missouri prosecutor Thomas Albus overseeing an investigation into the 2020 vote in Fulton County, Georgia, has taken part in meetings since last fall with Ed Martin and Kurt Olsen tasked by King Trump to re-investigate his loss to Joe Biden.

BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING . . . The DH"SS" is expanding its efforts to identify Americans who oppose ICE by sending tech companies legal requests for the names, email addresses, telephone numbers and other identifying data behind social media accounts that track or criticize the agency.

Keep up the local pressure! There's more work to be done. Platform Ventures, the development company that owns a south Kansas City warehouse that federal agents toured last month to consider for an immigrant detention center, announced today that it is not moving forward with the sale.

Emails released in the latest tranche of Trump-Epstein files confirm for the first time that the pedophile made secret recordings in his property empire after being told "the Russians may come in handy." He even installed them in the Kleenex boxes! Gift Link => archive.ph/dnqgZ

After the Giants co-owner’s name first emerged in the latest release of the Trump-Epstein files, Tisch issued a statement: “We had a brief association where we exchanged emails about adult women.” Npw the WSJ & The Athletic paint a picture that brings to mind a different word than “brief.”

Another one bites the dust . . . Her announcement comes as she has weathered numerous news stories in recent weeks examining her relationship with the disgraced financier as revealed in the Trump-Epstein files.

King Trump said today he wants voter-ID laws implemented for the 2026 midterm elections, even though legislation mandating them appears DOA in the Senate. Now, it appears he will intervene in this year’s midterms on his own by issuing an Executive Order to help facilitate voter-ID implementation.

🔥 Summer Lee for reelection to Congress in PA-12! Summer L. Lee has been a bold progressive voice in the U.S. House — fighting to end big money in politics, expand healthcare, protect workers, lead on climate justice, and defend voting rights.