"Right now, ICE is acting like instilling fear is it's goal. But fear doesn’t make for good policing." newsletter.ofthebrave.org/p/i-was-a-po...

NEW: "ICE’s current operations set local law enforcement around the country up for failure."

Megyn Kelly: " The Epstein documents have been subpoenaed by House Oversight. This is basically a kind of a middle finger to Trump and Pam Bondi who didn't want anything more released…Why didn't Trump just release these?…I concede that they sound bad. They don't sound good."

Jeffrey Epstein: "I have met some very bad people. None as bad as Trump. Not one decent cell in his body."

Jeffrey Epstein: "Have them ask my houseman about donald [Trump] almost walking through the door leaving his nose print on the glass as young women were swimming in the pool and he was so focused he walked straight into the door."

Jeffrey Epstein says Donald Trump spent hours at Epstein's house with a victim in newly disclosed email:

Jeffrey Epstein on Donald Trump: "of course he knew about the girls"

Michael Fanone: "I hope no American has to experience what I experienced. I've gone from dedicating 20 years of my life to the profession of law enforcement only to become a victim of the DOJ and our criminal justice system and have nowhere to seek relief."

Michael Fanone: "We have a criminal justice system in this country that targets people that stand in opposition to the administration and absolves those who commit crimes on behalf of the administration."

Michael Fanone on Trump pardoning fake electors: "Just like the pardons of the 1,500 insurrectionists...this is a recruiting call to anybody that may be willing to interfere in future elections on behalf of Donald Trump."

"The Trump Administration is not putting veterans first." In honor of Veterans Day, those who have risked their lives to defend our country are speaking out against Trump, his cuts to veterans' healthcare, and his sheer contempt for veterans.

Sarah Matthews: "A lot of Americans are struggling right now. It doesn't matter if you're in a blue state or a red state — millions of Americans are struggling with Trump's failure to lower grocery prices...That's something that impacts all Americans."

Sarah Matthews: "Trump has not followed through on his campaign promises to lower costs. He doesn't want to talk about affordability because he knows that this is a vulnerability for his administration...They've failed to address the affordability crisis in this country."

Sarah Matthews: "It's really rich to see Trump lecture air traffic controllers for not showing up to work…He'd never understand what it's like to miss a paycheck…They didn't show up because they had to get a second job so they could put food on the table for their families."

Sarah Matthews: "Trump doesn't have any regard for the Constitution...We've seen this in his second term, as he tries to push the limits and make Congress not even have a say in what is happening right now in our government."

Sarah Matthews on Trump commuting the sentence of Ghislaine Maxwell: "The MAGA base would lose their minds if he decided to go through with that...I don't know how you defend commuting the sentence of a person who helped with child sex trafficking. That is unfathomable!"

We thank the brave men and women who served our country and defended our freedoms. For Veterans Day, six veterans sound off on the draft dodger in chief — who has displayed a lifelong contempt for our service members and cut the VA healthcare they earned.

Trump has no plan to make homeownership more accessible for hardworking Americans — other than creating a 50-year mortgage:

Sarah Matthews: "I get my healthcare from the ACA marketplace. I got my letter in the mail telling me…I'm going to see my premium go up $600 next year. And that's a small number compared to what a lot of other Americans are facing."

Sarah Matthews: "It's telling that Republicans, after seeing the results on Tuesday, are now worried about the effects of the shutdown…They're seeing just how upset the American people are with the Trump agenda…Voters are upset with how long this shutdown is dragging on."

Tim Ryan: "Washington isn't working. Everything's broken…Trump's not doing permitting reform that's going to help manufacturing costs or doing anything that's going to bring manufacturing back. They're just making matters worse. Trump has destabilized the country."

Sgt. Aquilino Gonell: "Those who attacked our democracy, battered the police, and hunted elected officials—literally, room by room—are applauded and praised as if they achieved greatness. Today the GOP calls these people heroes, patriots, and warriors." newsletter.ofthebrave.org/p/rioters-tr...

Sarah Matthews: "Trump campaigned on bringing back this roaring economy, that he was going to lower the cost of everything — including groceries. But in fact, everything that he has done has just made those issues worse."

Sarah Matthews: "It's very ironic to see Trump trying to gaslight the American people by telling them the economy is doing great and paint this rosy picture, when in fact that is not what Americans are feeling...It's out of touch. A lot of Americans are struggling right now."

"Rioters tried to kill me on January 6. Trump pardoned them." Sgt. Aquilino Gonell writes a must-read piece on what it's like to risk your life to defend democracy, only to be called an un-American traitor: newsletter.ofthebrave.org/p/rioters-tr...

Rep. Jason Crow: "Donald Trump has the money to feed these families. Congress appropriated $6 billion to put towards SNAP...that Donald Trump has decided he does not want to spend because he has decided he wants to weaponize hunger...How sick and grotesque is that?"

Rep. Brendan Boyle: "Food prices have gone up under the Trump administration...Trump was elected to bring down costs, especially food prices. He hasn't. In fact, through his tariff policy, things have only gotten much worse."

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene: "Many Republican candidates campaign one way and then when they get power they do nothing with it and never fully deliver what they promised to the American people."

Marjorie Taylor Greene: "The House has not been in session since [Sept. 18]. That's an utter failure. You can't expect people to show up and be passionate about voting for you when you're not even going to work and voters are going to work everyday struggling to pay their bills."

"What it's like to defend democracy, only to be called an un-American traitor." Sgt. Aquilino Gonell defended the Capitol on January 6. He wrote a scathing rebuke of Donald Trump and his enablers:

Gov. Josh Shapiro: "Two million Pennsylvanians rely on SNAP…And Donald Trump's playing games, building ballrooms, and doing a whole bunch of stuff that shows he actually doesn't give a damn about those people who don't have food."

BREAKING: Layoffs rise to recession-like levels in October as employers have announced 1.1 MILLION JOB CUTS so far this year, the highest reading since the pandemic. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Sen. Ruben Gallego: "Family members of mine are sending their kids to school with their passports—these are U.S. born kids. My Godson, my Goddaughters, they feel like they can't walk around safely in a U.S. city—even though they were born here and are third generation Americans."

Sen. Rosen: "This is a Republican shutdown...You are in control of the White House, the House, and the Senate. If you went home to a food bank instead of going to Mar-A-Lago...while people are starving, you might see and hear your constituents. You are blind to the suffering."

Sen. Ruben Gallego on Trump's regime change war in Venezuela: "We should not be involving ourselves in military interventions overseas...This does not make us stronger or more secure...Donald Trump doesn't understand war...He thinks the military is a toy."

NEW: "Today, federal law enforcement has strayed so far over that line that the difference between untrained neo-fascist militia groups and ICE agents is nearly indistinguishable." newsletter.ofthebrave.org/p/from-polic...

NEW: "When cops, or in my case retired cops, return to the streets, not holding the line against protesters, but standing with them, it’s a sign that the times have gotten truly dangerous."

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene on Trump's strikes on Venezuela: "I don't believe in regime change. I don't believe that we should be engaging in war...I don't think that we need to go out and attack other countries."

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene: "Healthcare costs have risen and risen...Republicans never fixed it...Republicans never made a plan...That's a failure."

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene: "Healthcare costs have risen and risen...Republicans never fixed it...Republicans never made a plan...That's a failure."

Trump in 2024: I will prevent nuclear war! Trump now: "We're going to test nuclear weapons."

Flashback to the time I got into it with Scott Jennings on CNN because he was claiming antisemitism only exists on the left. I pointed to Trump’s Mar-a-Lago dinner with Nick Fuentes and Kanye. He dismissed it as “one stupid dinner.” Welp, here we are.

Elon Musk, who said this summer that Donald Trump is in the Epstein files: "Trump, he is not perfect, but he's not evil."

Rep. Jason Crow: "While Americans suffer and kids go hungry, Trump's building a $300 million gold plated ballroom. He's found money for $170 million in new private jets for Kristi Noem."

Rep. Jason Crow: "Trump is using tariffs to enrich himself and his family. They are using the threat of tariffs to strike golf course deals around the globe…Trump is personalizing American power and our economic system for his personal benefit and the enrichment of his family."

Rep. Jason Crow: "They don't care about hunger in America. Donald Trump is weaponizing hunger."

" Donald Trump is the biggest threat to veterans alive today." Trump fired tens of thousands from the VA who provide life-saving treatments to those who risked their lives for our country. They've even cut the VA suicide hotline — which veterans like Ronn rely upon.

"Our system of justice is only as good as the people who are willing to stand up for it, and today too few seem to stand ready to take up that mantle."

NEW: "These ideas are our compass. If they endure, we will always be able to find our way back home."

Rep. Brendan Boyle: "This administration could release the money for SNAP if it wanted to. The USDA, which administers the program, has a rainy day fun which does have in it enough to cover about 75% of benefits for this month...They just don't believe in the program."