The Daily Dean Newsletter: Tuesday, August 12, 2025 Top 3 Moments from Trump's batsh** DC presser and Martial Law plan revealed, Epstein victims are coming, Canada's boycott is worse than you think... Dean Blundell Aug 12 Truth-first, democracy-forward. Here are the top five stories you actually need today. *We chase the stories US Media won’t, add receipts, and arm you with context you can trust. To celebrate this community’s humbling and incredible growth, we’re giving 50% off annual memberships for life when you upgrade by August 31, 2025. Lock it in once, keep it forever, and always stay informed… 1) Trump’s “DC Takeover” Presser: Three Batshit Moments You Can’t Ignore He tried to sell a police-state soft launch as a public-safety plan—and it showed. We pulled the three wildest moments (yes, including the “medians” rant) and explain why each one matters for civil liberties, federalism, and 2026. 👉 Watch & read: The 3 Most Batshit-Crazy Moments… VIDEO: The 3 Most Batshit‑Crazy Moments From Trump’s DC Takeover Presser — And Why They Matter Dean Blundell · 4:38 PM Trump and his clown show regime put on a dictator cosplay show for the ages yesterday. We scraped the three most batshit, clown-ball crazy moments for your reading and viewing pleasure. Enjoy. Read full story Why it matters: Authoritarians thrive on chaos. Yesterday was an effort to normalize federalized policing in blue cities ahead of election season—while distracting from other mounting scandals. 2) Lev Parnas Dissects the Playbook: “Warm America to Martial Law” Right after the presser, we went live with Lev Parnas and Zev Shalev. Parnas lays out how the spectacle primes voters to accept federal militarization as “order”—and why it’s not just about deflection from the Epstein mess. 👉 Watch: Live with Lev Parnas & Zev Shalev — 🚨LIVE W @LevParnas & Zev Shalev: The REAL Reasons Trump “Took Over” Washington, DC Dean Blundell, Zev Shalev, and Lev Parnas · Aug 11 August 11, 2025 — Mark this one down in the “I told you so” column. *We chase the stories big media misses, add receipts, and arm you with context you can trust. To celebrate this community’s insane growth, we’re giving 50% off annual memberships for life when you upgrade by August 31, 2025. Lock it in once, keep it forever… Read full story Why it matters: Conditioning. Make martial law sound like maintenance, not mayhem—and you never need permission to use it. 3) Canada’s Boycott Is Crushing U.S. Tourism—Again July’s numbers are brutal: Canadian return trips from the U.S. by car down 36.9% year-over-year (seventh straight monthly decline), air returns from the U.S. down 25.8%, while overseas trips by Canadians rose. U.S.-resident car trips to Canada also fell 7.4%. Translation: Canadians are choosing Europe, Mexico, the Caribbean—anywhere but America. 👉 Read: New Numbers: Canada’s Boycott Is Crushing U.S. Tourism — NEW NUMBERS: Canada’s Boycott Is Crushing Trump's America Dean Blundell · 3:10 PM Canadians answered Donald Trump’s tariffs and “51st state” taunts with the most Canadian counterpunch possible: we opted out. *We chase the stories US Media won’t, add receipts, and arm you with context you can trust. To celebrate this community’s humbling and incredible growth, we’re giving 50% off annual memberships for life when you upgrade by August… Read full story Why it matters: This is measurable, intentional consumer power. Provinces, schools, and families aren’t waiting for Ottawa to “send a message”—they already did. 4) Context File: Zev Shalev’s “The Greatest Heist” (Required Reading) Want the decades-long backstory for why a U.S. president keeps praising a genocidal dictator and undermining alliances? Zev Shalev’s serialized investigation “The Greatest Heist” assembles three decades of reporting into one coherent map—money, kompromat, and the hollowing out of democratic institutions. 👉 Start here: Your Complete Guide to History’s Biggest Crime — Narativ with Zev Shalev THE GREATEST HEIST: Your Complete Guide to History's Biggest Crime We're exposing the systematic theft of $44.7 trillion from the American economy—a crime so vast it required four decades, three intelligence agencies, and a network spanning from Manhattan to Moscow. This guide maps your journey through our investigation, revealing how a criminal enterprise built the infrastructure to rob America blind while authorities looked the other way… Read more 4 days ago · 131 likes · 5 comments · Zev Shalev Why it matters: It’s not a three-year scandal—it’s a thirty-year operation. Understanding the network clarifies the “why” behind every “what.” 5) September on the Hill: Survivors to the U.S. Capitol—Force the Files Public Reps. Thomas Massie and Ro Khanna plan to bring Epstein/Maxwell survivors to the Capitol in September to center their voices and press the Epstein Files Transparency Act. The strategy includes a discharge petition to bypass leadership and force a floor vote, compelling the DOJ to release unclassified records in a searchable, downloadable format with victim-protective redactions. What to watch: Do they hit 218 signatures on the discharge petition? Does DOJ move before the event? Which swing-district Republicans sign (or dodge) the petition? Today’s Quote: “I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.” - Mahatma Gandhi Thanks for reading! This post is public so feel free to share it. This Substack is reader-supported. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.