Trump’s Treason Summit Backfires Spectacularly His week of madness ends in rejection and resistance Scott Dworkin Aug 16 After making it through another week of Trump’s madness, I’m glad to have more great news for you today. I hope it gives you some relief—even if just for a moment. We aren’t corporate media. We are an unapologetic, reader-powered wrecking ball built to take on the Trump regime. If you believe in journalism that fights back, become a paid subscriber today: OBAMA RALLIES TEXAS DEMS On a Zoom call, former President Barack Obama spoke to Texas House Dems, voicing his support, saying he’s “grateful” for their efforts. “We can’t let a systematic assault on democracy just happen,” Obama said. “Because of your courage, what you’ve seen is … other states looking at what they can do to offset this mid-decade gerrymandering.” DUCKWORTH SLAMS GOP IN MISSOURI More than 1,000 people showed up for a town hall in Chesterfield, Missouri with Dem Sen. Tammy Duckworth. Duckworth torched the GOP campaign to steal US House seats, saying: “This is what happens when people are afraid that they’re going to lose. When they know that their legislation is so incredibly unpopular ... they start to do this.” “They lie to us on a regular basis, and so I’m done cooperating with my Republican colleagues,” stated Duckworth. “I’m done being nice.” Good. SURVIVORS SPEAK OUT Dem Rep. Ro Khanna says his press conference next month will include at least a dozen Epstein and Maxwell survivors. “Their voices need to be heard,” Khanna said. They absolutely do. At the presser, they’ll call for the full release of the Epstein files. ALASKANS BACK UKRAINE Yesterday, Alaskans held a number of protests against Trump’s corrupt meeting with Putin in Anchorage. At one rally, they unfurled a gigantic 132-foot-long Ukrainian flag. The amazing group Stand Up Alaska led the demonstration, along with several other protests over the last few days. TREASON SUMMIT, PART II Trump’s Treason Summit, Part II was an embarrassing spectacle that will go down in the history books as a disaster. Putin grinning in Trump’s limo, speaking with the US presidential seal on his lectern—it was all a complete abomination. And what did America or Ukraine actually get out of this meeting? Nothing good. What a waste. Time and time again, just like this, Trump has betrayed our country. That’s why, on top of my daily news briefs, I run one of the largest social media campaigns against his regime. And through our massive Contact Congress initiatives, we’ve reached lawmakers more than half a million times since November. We do it all free of corporate influence or billionaire backers—100% of our funding comes from our subscribers here on Substack. So if you want to support my independent journalism—and real actions which create tangible results—please join us as a paid subscriber today: Onward! Scott COMMENTS: Scott Dworkin 25m NEW-Tell Congress to push back on Trump’s DC takeover: https://tinyurl.com/2jpp94yk Links to everything we are doing: https://www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/how-were-fighting-trump Tell Congress to support law to unmask ICE: https://tinyurl.com/bp8cau82 Tell Congress save the National Weather Service: https://tinyurl.com/bdbur8df Tell Congress to investigate the Jeffrey Epstein trafficking case: https://tinyurl.com/4pfh2p4f PUTIN is KGB & knows how to flatter & manipulate a NARCISSIST - just PRAISE & FLATTER!  That is after you bail him out of bankruptcy, buy his real estate for inflated prices...  The last public photos of PUTIN showed him to be sickly. Someone suggested the PUTIN appearing in ALASKA was a body double - PUTIN has several.  2 SICK OLD DICTATORS! Last public meeting PUTIN's hands were shaking - speculating that he had PARKINSONS. Vladimir Putin health fears as dictator seen limping from plane before Donald Trump meeting Vladimir Putin appeared to limp as he walked down the stairs of his presidential plane ahead of his meeting with Donald Trump in Alaska as they aim to work towards a peace plan https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/vladimir-putin-health-fears-dictator-35740243 The one key sign Putin is hiding 'serious illness' ahead of Alaska summit with Trump  The Kremlin was previously forced to try and quash rumours that Putin had soiled himself after falling down a flight of stairs. https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/2095922/vladimir-putin-shaky-legs-serious-illness-alaska-summit Vladimir Putin health fears surge as expert publicly hints at issues Vladimir Putin has refuted claims about his deteriorating eyesight, despite being frequently spotted reading from large-sized scripts during briefings. excerpt:  Nonetheless, in 2022, the investigative outlet Proekt reported that Putin has consulted with no fewer than 60 medical professionals. Additionally, during travels, he was said to be accompanied by a contingent of at least nine doctors. Further revelations indicate that Putin's retreats, such as his Northern Russian Valdai palace and Gelendzhik palace perched atop a Black Sea cliff, are equipped with specialized hospital wings designed to meet his health needs, secluded from the public's gaze. https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/vladimir-putin-health-fears-surge-as-expert-publicly-hints-at-issues/ar-AA1GMVBJ FROM 2024:  Putin not seen for TWO WEEKS amid claims of ill-health as Kremlin shares footage of 'pre-recorded' appearances The president is rumoured to have had several diseases including cancer https://www.gbnews.com/news/world/putin-health-update-unwell-pre-recorded-appearances-russian-president PUTIN HAS EPSTEIN'S VIDEOS: Most importantly, is the story of Deputy Sheriff John Mark Dougan. He was a former Palm Beach County sheriff’s deputy and was “under investigation by the FBI for allegedly collaborating with Russian military intelligence to spread misinformation about Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign. (25 WPBF News, written by Malcolm Shields, October 25, 2024) Before his arrest, Dougan snatched from the Evidence Room all 478 videos from Epstein’s files. He then drove to Toronto and caught a plane to Moscow.” According to Craig Unger, “Dougan was only the 4th American to receive asylum in Russia.” He presented the Russians evidence - known in Russia as Kompromat - to be used against worldwide leaders - including Donald Trump. NOW, whether there is "another" Epstein list is debatable. Someone needs to go to the Palm Beach Sheriff's office and ask. By law, they must keep records of evidence, including the tapes that went missing from their custody. Trump is now scared - and if there is another list - according to Bondi the list was on her desk - then the proof is there regarding Trump and underage sex trafficking and perhaps his connections to Russia. JEFFREY EPSTEIN ran an INTERNATIONAL CHILD SEX TRAFFICKING RING! PERVERTS were REPEATEDLY raping CHILDREN! That's what they PAID FOR! The FBI cleaned out EPSTEIN's ISLAND: Where is that information? KEEP ASKING QUESTIONS & ASK WHERE EPSTEIN'S MONEY CAME FROM! WHAT PERVERTS PAID TO RAPE CHILDREN? JP MORGAN CHASE KNEW & DID NOT REPORT EPSTEIN, JUST AS THEY PROTECTED BERNIE MADOFF! JAMIE DIMON KNEW! This is a history of EPSTEIN'S ISLAND https://youtu.be/WkVFLjB6lDQ?si=xdFtwe2N-xw8xjr4 SENATOR RON WYDEN explained the limited TREASURY INFORMATION provided. Senator Ron Wyden, the top Democrat on the powerful Senate Finance Committee, understands this. He’s been investigating Epstein’s finances for at least three years. The New York Times reported last week that “Some members of his staff have viewed confidential files that shed light on the immense sums of money that, they say, Mr. Epstein moved through the banking system to fuel his vast sex-trafficking network.” There are specifics: Banks flagged more than $1.5 billion in transactions involving Epstein. They included “thousands of wire transfers for the purchase and sale of artwork for rich friends, fees paid to Mr. Epstein by wealthy individuals, and payments to numerous women.” Very intriguing. “We felt from the beginning this was a follow-the-money case,” Senator Wyden said in an interview. “This horrific sex-trafficking operation cost Epstein a lot of money, and he had to get that money from somewhere.” If you want to know more about Jeffrey Epstein, read the reports and follow the money. That sort of documentation will reveal far more than a couple of grand jury transcripts, the only thing Trump has offered to make public, knowing full well judges are unlikely to go along with it. If Trump really wanted to honor his commitment to release Epstein reports, this is what he would be sharing with his followers. Instead, Senator Wyden has been working on it. Wyden can’t make all of the papers public, but the Trump administration can. Staffers working with Wyden were given very limited access to Treasury documents when they visited the agency and were only permitted to take handwritten notes. But they walked away with some key information: The largest SAR was filed by JPMorgan in late 2019 and involved a transaction of $1.1 billion. That report covered 4,700 transactions dating to 2003, including payments to women from Belarus, Russia, and Turkmenistan. (Where many of Epstein’s victims came from.) Deutsche Bank filed the second largest for about $400 million. Other sizable reports were filed by Bank of New York Mellon for $378 million and Bank of America, which filed reports on billionaire investor Leon Black’s $158 million in payments to Epstein, reportedly for tax and estate planning services. That’s a lot of tax and estate planning! Black was a co-founder of the private equity firm Apollo Global Management. He left his leadership position at the firm after his ties to Epstein were disclosed publicly. TRUMP has purged his name from any reference...WHAT'S HE HIDING?Despite DOJ’s pronouncement earlier this month that there would be no further prosecutions, it’s clear from the public narrative that Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell weren’t the only people involved in the large-scale trafficking operation they operated.