Thousands more troops deployed to the Middle East. www.reuters.com/world/us-dep...

Like Trump promised, RFK Jr. has been “going wild” on health since Day One. But when we fight back, we win. Trans people deserve dignity, safety, and access to the lifesaving care their doctors recommend. We celebrate today and keep fighting tomorrow.

Norway’s crown princess said she was manipulated and deceived by the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, and felt unsafe during a 2013 encounter with the American financier at his Palm Beach, Florida, mansion.

New via NYT: Paolo Zampolli, a former modeling agent and a longtime Trump ally who appears in the Epstein files, was in a custody battle over his son. He called ICE and told them his ex was in the country illegally. An ICE official agreed to help.

Sen. Jacky Rosen is calling on Howard Lutnick to release his flight logs from 2005 to 2019 following the revelations that his connections to Jeffrey Epstein lasted far longer than he previously stated. "Your contradictory statements over the past year demonstrate a clear attempt to mislead."

Two former FBI agents fired last year for having worked on an investigation into Trump's attempts to overturn his 2020 election loss have just accused senior leaders at the bureau and the Justice Department of targeting them for "political retribution" in a newly lawsuit filed.

For my German speaking followers, this was a fun interview #EpsteinFiles www.derstandard.at/story/300000...

PLEASE NOTE: today’s deep dive about the sexual abuse history of Donald Trump will have triggers. If this is harmful for you, I ask that you sit this one out. Thank you. #EpsteinFiles

A federal judge said the government overreached by issuing a declaration that called treatments like puberty blockers and surgeries unsafe and ineffective for young people experiencing gender dysphoria, according to a ruling Thursday in Oregon.

TGIF!☕🎉☕ @genxer-71.bsky.social @dwilliams1210.com @poppamanman.bsky.social @fireytopaz.bsky.social @spawn03.bsky.social @annmilernowski.bsky.social @corbyntravers.bsky.social @eileenmclaughlin.bsky.social @janejune.bsky.social Have a beautiful day!🌞

There's a group on the Gold Coast who will give donated gowns to less fortunate girls and young women graduating from HS and uni. I love this!

What do you ladies do with those gowns? Every gown that I have purchased for an event gets donated to our local high school for prom that year. I never keep gowns that I will never wear again.

Proposals to prohibit federal immigration agents from masking their faces have gained new life in states — thanks in part to a court ruling that blocked the nation’s first such law, in California.

Trump’s obsession with himself is wildly out of touch! We’re at war, families are scraping by, campaign promises broken. And Trump’s priority is a gold coin with his face on it. Folks are asking for relief, not collectibles for the rich!

We’re told there’s no money for universal healthcare or to end hunger in this country. But somehow $200 billion more for war will likely move through Congress without question.  Not another penny for another endless war.

Jared Kushner is enriching himself from billion-dollar deals with a variety of countries in the middle east. @robertgarcia.house.gov and Oversight Democrats are opening an investigation and won't stop until we uncover the truth.

Tulsi Gabbard says she did “not” participate in domestic law enforcement activities when she was on the scene of an FBI operation to seize ballots in Fulton County So why was she there? Watch her struggle to explain:

COHEN: The people you fired were experts on Iran, were they not? PATEL: I don't believe so COHEN: They worked in counterintelligence, did they not? PATEL: I'm taking you at your word COHEN: You're the director. I'm not. You should know the answer

So is my lawsuit

So many of us have been struggling as we watch the chaos and cruelty inflicted by this administration. But while on the road this year, I have been thinking about and asking the question: What makes you proud to be an American? I hope we can hold on to that as work together to rebuild as a nation.

Some DHS contractors told White House officials they were asked to pay Corey Lewandowski

Reporter: Why didn't you tell allies about the war before attacking Iran? Trump: We wanted it to be a surprise. Who knows better about surprise than Japan? Why didn't you tell me about Pearl Harbor?

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On Tuesday, a Trump administration staffer replaced an official phone number listed on the HHS website with the number for Domino's Pizza.

Rep. Bera: "Do you still believe that strikes against Iran that don't have congressional authorization constitute a legal and unconstitutional act of war?" Gabbard: "My own personal and political views…I was asked…to check those views at the door."

Duckworth on funding bill for Trump's war: "I'm not gonna vote for that. Here's the thing- when you vote for a supplemental, you're basically authorizing this war. And I'm not authorizing this war until the Trump administration comes to us & explains to the American people what the justification is"

Let’s Not Forget This

COHEN: If he was briefed that the Strait of Hormuz could be closed, why would the president not have taken action to strengthen defenses around there? GABBARD: The president is ultimately responsible for making the decisions

The Senate Homeland Security Committee just voted to advance Markwayne Mullin's nomination to be Trump's DHS Secretary, 8-7. Rand Paul voted no. John Fetterman voted yes.

GABBARD: The imminent nature of a threat is determined by the president CROW: The bottom line is there was no imminent threat, and you know that, and there's no product that shows that

Jeffrey Epstein’s elite relationships visualised: the banker, the economist and the director

In the escalating war in Iran, the State Department’s Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs would ordinarily be at the center of the geopolitical fray.

If it takes the masses too long to wake up, riot, and correct course then it’ll be too late when it finally dawns on them that they allowed this to happen. Let me know when we’re gathering. Would love to come.

U.S. officials detected unidentified drones above an army base in ​Washington where Secretary of State Marco ‌Rubio and Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth live, the Washington Post reported on Wednesday, citing three people ​briefed on the situation.

Let’s hear what @lawrenceodonnell.bsky.social has to say about pedophile 47 tonight. 🍷

President Donald Trump has yet to explain why he decided to go to war with Iran. Instead, he seems to be testing a variety of rationales, sometimes changing the argument within days in the hope one will stick with the American people.

BofA is 3rd bank settle lawsuit assisting Epstein‼️ JP Morgan paid $290m‼️ Deutsche Bank paid $75m‼️ We’re long past fines and fees, people need to be arrested, tried and jailed‼️

NEW: DC moved today to dismiss DOJ's lawsuit challenging its semi-automatic weapons ban. DC argued DOJ can't bring this lawsuit under the law DOJ cited—which allows the AG to challenge unconstitutional patterns or practices—b/c a criminal law is not a pattern or practice and DOJ did not show any.

Obscene, outrageous and unsurprising. This comes right after Republicans just passed a record high military budget with a huge increase. Now Trump wants an insane amount more for his latest war. And this comes on a day our exploding national debt just passed $39 Trillion.

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Stephanie Ruhle, Ali Velshi, Jacob Soboroff and Alicia Menendez get new shows, 'Morning Joe' shifts to three hours, Chris Hayes returns to Mondays at 8, and Ana Cabrera exits in the sweeping changes.

Oversight Dems just walked out of an outrageous fake hearing where Pam Bondi refused to say she would show up for her deposition. We won’t participate in a fake hearing that’s not under oath and not transcribed. The American people deserve the truth. We are going to end this White House Cover-Up.

FROST: We asked Pam Bondi multiple times, are you going to come and speak with us under oath? She would not say yes. We want her under oath because we do not trust her. Why don't we trust her? Because she's a liar.

Stansbury: I just walked out of the briefing room, and what is absolutely clear is that Pam Bondi has no intention of complying with the law and the subpoena that we've issued for her to be deposed under oath in front of the committee. They said, we've released what we're going to release.

GARCIA: What's important right now for us is that we hold Pam Bondi accountable for the subpoena. Everything after that, whether it's contempt, whether it's anything else, all follows. She's got to show up for her deposition.

Newsmax asked me about Democratic polling, so I took a moment to review Donald Trump's cratering poll numbers while reciting how he's Making America Not So Great. TRIGGERED!

🚨LIVE BREAKING: Leader Hakeem Jeffries has just introduced a discharge petition that STRIPS all Ice funding from the DHS funding bill. The bill would FULLY FUND TSA and not provide a single penny to ICE. This is amazing. #FundDHSFreezeICE

Thune is out of step with Trump on mail voting: "We do have states, in fact a majority of states and a lot of red states, who have mail-in ballot option, so we want to ensure we enable them to continue for legitimate reasons to have mail-in ballots."

Here’s what stands out: Trump’s own attorney set the record straight on whether Epstein was ever expelled from Mar-a-Lago. He admitted: "No [Epstein] was not a member. May have been a guest. Never asked to leave." Mar-a-Lago's manager also confirmed that Epstein was never asked to leave. 2/

WOW: DOJ redactions hid key details about Trump’s Epstein ties — and Rep. Dan Goldman just revealed what they were trying to cover up. In the unredacted document shown today by Goldman, we can now read the full notes from a 2009 conversation involving Jeffrey Epstein and Trump’s attorneys. 1/