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NEWS: Governor Demands Trump Release MRI Results After Trump Uses Slur Against Walz and Launches New Attacks on Female Reporters

Aaron Parnas Nov 28

Good morning, everyone. I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving. I was assigned one job this year, stuffing, the only dish my wife trusted me with. It turned out fantastic. No one else touched it, but I proudly finished the entire pan myself.

This morning, the news is far less lighthearted. Overnight, Donald Trump launched another round of attacks by targeting a third female reporter in just a month and calling her “stupid,” attacking Governor Tim Walz by calling him “seriously r*tarted,” and demanding that the United States end migration from most countries. In response, Governor Walz and others are now calling for Trump’s MRI results to be released.

Despite the severity of these overnight attacks, much of the media is already shrugging them off. They have become numb to the name-calling, the bullying, and the escalating rhetoric from the President. I refuse to do that. I will not accept this as Trump being Trump because it is not normal and it is not acceptable.

For speaking out, I have already been targeted by people aligned with the White House. I will not back down. If you believe in holding power accountable, subscribe, support this work, and let us keep fighting for the truth together.

Here’s what you missed:

• Governor Tim Walz and others are demanding that Donald Trump release the full results of the MRI conducted during his recent “mid-year” physical at Walter Reed Medical Center. The call comes after the President waited until nearly midnight to issue a Thanksgiving message that devolved into attacks on immigrants and included referring to Walz as “seriously r*tarted.” Walz responded by urging transparency regarding the President’s medical evaluation. This behavior is unacceptable, and I refuse to treat it as normal.

• After the D.C. National Guard shooting, President Trump escalated his immigration rhetoric by promising to permanently pause migration from what he called “third world countries,” pursue large-scale deportations, revoke benefits for noncitizens, reexamine Green Card holders from 19 countries, and target Somali and Afghan communities, prompting strong criticism from U.N. agencies and immigrant advocacy groups.

• The President of the United States lashed out against a female reporter for the third time in a matter of weeks, once again calling a reporter “very stupid” for fact-checking him in realtime about the fact that his Administration vetted the D.C. National Guard shooting suspect.

• Donald Trump concluded his press conference abruptly when being asked again about the fact that the shooting suspect worked with American intelligence in Afghanistan and was fully vetted by his Administration.

• US financial regulators told Sen. Elizabeth Warren they are taking seriously her allegations that major banks, including JP Morgan and former executive Jes Staley, may have facilitated Jeffrey Epstein’s criminal activity, reviewing concerns about Epstein’s extensive banking relationships and signaling potential action for any misconduct as Congress prepares for the release of unclassified federal records related to Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.

• The World Health Organization is now warning that rapidly rising measles cases signal dangerous drops in global vaccination rates, increasing the risk of outbreaks of other diseases such as whooping cough and polio, while the United States faces its own surge with nearly 1,800 cases in 42 states, multiple growing clusters, and the potential loss of its measles elimination status for the first time in decades.

• The FDA, under an order signed by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr, is preparing to withdraw a proposed rule that would have required asbestos testing in talc-based cosmetics, alarming health advocates who warn that asbestos contamination in talc is a well-documented cancer risk and arguing the move contradicts the administration’s stated toxin-reduction goals, while industry opposition and concerns over effects on drugmakers appear to have driven the reversal.

• Video from Jenin shows Israeli security forces shooting and killing two unarmed Palestinian men who appeared to be surrendering during an operation in the West Bank, prompting outrage from U.N. officials and Palestinian authorities, while Israeli officials say the men were wanted militants and have opened a review of the incident amid rising settler violence and intensified IDF activity in the area.

• Ukraine’s anti-corruption agencies searched the home of President Zelenskyy’s top aide Andriy Yermak as part of a widening probe into an alleged kickback scheme tied to the state nuclear company Energoatom, a scandal involving figures close to Zelenskyy that has already led to ministerial firings and public outrage amid wartime energy shortages, and which resurfaced just as Yermak leads sensitive peace negotiations with the United States.

Good news:

• A three-year-old boy with severe Hunter syndrome became the first patient to receive a new stem-cell–based gene therapy that fixes the defective IDS gene, and within months showed near-normal development, offering a breakthrough for an otherwise fatal disorder that current treatments cannot fully address, though his older brother is beyond the trial’s treatment window.

• Brazilian researchers have identified a peptide in the venom of the Amazonian scorpion Brotheas amazonicus that destroys breast cancer cells in lab tests with effectiveness comparable to the chemotherapy drug paclitaxel, offering a potential new anti-tumor therapy as scientists continue exploring venom-derived compounds for medical applications.

• A hiker in Norway uncovered a remarkably preserved 1,500-year-old wooden reindeer trap and associated hunting gear that had recently emerged from melting ice on the Aurlandsfjellet Plateau, giving archaeologists rare insight into Iron Age mass-capture hunting practices and daily life in early Norwegian society.

See you this evening.

— Aaron