Trump Epstein Scandal Takes Brutal Turn as MAGA Slips into Tailspin

                                                                                                                                 

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Today: "Podcast: Trump Epstein Scandal Takes Brutal Turn as MAGA Slips into Tailspin" Plus, airspace shut down after U.S. government shoots its own drone; Trump is determined to poison his own voters; Netanyahu tightens his grip on the West Bank; and more... The Nationwide Revolt Against Flock Safety Cameras From New York to Alabama to Arizona, everyday people are mounting a local resistance to the company’s mass surveillance. And sometimes, they take matters into their own hands. By Finn Hartnett

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DOJ Gives Pathetic Excuse for Removing Lutnick and Epstein Photo The Department of Justice was caught scrubbing a photo of Trump Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick from the Epstein files. By Hafiz Rashid Hegseth & Co. Melt Down as Anthropic Refuses to Bend to Pentagon The Defense Department is furious over the AI company’s refusal to amend its safeguards. By Malcolm Ferguson What subscribers are reading: MAGA Is Furious Lauren Boebert Derailed Hillary’s Epstein Deposition By Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling "It Ends Today": Judge Threatens to Haul in DOJ Officials Under Oath By Hafiz Rashid A Private Prison Falsified Death Records. ICE Gave Them More Money. By Edith Olmsted Airspace Shut Down After U.S. Government Shoots Its Own Drone The U.S. military shot a drone owned by Customs and Border Protection. By Malcolm Ferguson Podcast: Trump Epstein Scandal Takes Brutal Turn as MAGA Slips into Tailspin The Daily Blast With Greg Sargent This week, The New York Times confirmed the latest revelations in the Jeffrey Epstein scandal, reporting on the missing files that appear to involve charges against Donald Trump himself. The Times is treating this as a blockbuster story, digging in hard on the details in a way that will surely cause media scrutiny to dramatically intensify. MAGA is lurching wildly in all directions on this. Fox News has mostly ignored the revelations, as Media Matters shows. One big MAGA influencer is hyping Hillary Clinton’s supposed role in the scandal, but that’s backfiring. Other MAGA types remain split. We talked to New Republic contributing editor Ana Marie Cox, who writes really well about Epstein and right-wing elites. We discuss why the Times coverage is so brutal for Trump, why the saga is driving MAGA toward crack-up, what all this says about right-wing elites, and why the sun may soon set on Trumpism as a movement. Listen to the episode here. Read the transcript here.

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