Bill Grueskin

In those subsequent interviews, the woman described how Epstein trafficked her to several men, including Trump, in the 1980s. She was interviewed again by the FBI on Aug. 7, 2019, Aug. 20, 2019 and Oct. 16, 2019. In her second interview, she claimed that Epstein either flew or drove her from South Carolina to New York or New Jersey when she was between 13 and 15 years old. "She was introduced to someone with money, money...it was Donald Trump," the FBI report said. She recalled she was in a "very tall building with huge rooms" when she met Trump, whom she said immediately didn't like her because she was a "boy-gir!" - or tomboy. She claimed she was with Epstein and several other people who left her alone in the room with Trump. "Let me teach you how little girls are supposed to be," she recalled Trump saying, according to the FBI report. She said he unzipped his pants and forced her head to his penis. She said she immediately bit him and Trump struck her, the report said. She told the FBI agents that she bit him because he "disgusted" her. In her third interview, she told agents she wanted to clarify how Trump reacted to her biting him, explaining that Trump "pulled her hair and punched her on the side of the head."

“A DOJ source told the Miami Herald that agents found her to be credible – and that they would not have interviewed her four times if they thought she was lying.”

— @jkbjournalist.bsky.social on the Epstein victim who accused Trump of assault.

www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...

Trump also tells Doocy, "I have a lot of respect for you."

And then he adds the reason: "You've always been very nice to me."

Interesting that no one from the administration is denying this report. Sounds like it might well be ... true?

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Senators vote to give Florida’s governor the power to label ‘terrorist’ groups College and university students who “promote” such organizations would be immediately expelled and assessed out-of-state tuition fees.

Florida Legislature is enabling the governor to label certain groups as terrorists, so college students who "promote" those organizations could be expelled.

Investigators' determinations could be kept secret if they are “critical to state or national security.”

www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...

Trump Says He Wants Iran’s ‘Unconditional Surrender,’ Rules Out Deal

"Oil surged past $90 a barrel, yet markets may still be underestimating Iran war risk.

"Traffic in the Strait of Hormuz remains paralyzed, Saudi Arabia’s largest refinery is offline, Qatar shut off the world’s biggest LNG facility and Iraq is cutting crude output."
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Qatar warns war will force Gulf to stop energy exports ‘within days’ Brent crude tops $90 after gas producer says it will take ‘weeks to months’ to restore deliveries

"Qatar’s energy minister warned that war in the Middle East could 'bring down the economies of the world,' predicting that all Gulf energy exporters would shut down production within days and drive oil to $150 a barrel."

Gift link www.ft.com/content/be12...

Crude oil, three months ago: $61 a barrel

Crude oil today: $92 a barrel

www.wsj.com/livecoverage...

Russia is providing Iran intelligence to target U.S. forces, officials say The targeting information has included the locations of American warships and aircraft in the Middle East, the officials said.

wapo.st/3OUfaJg

OK, we'll take that as a confirmation

(Free link to Washpost scoop below)

‘It’s not a mild virus, it’s a severe illness,’ Utah health officials warn as measles cases keep climbing Measles cases continue to climb across Utah, with more than 350 infections reported since June. Health officials say many underestimate how severe the virus can be.

Utah measles update:

-- 358 people diagnosed with the disease since June
-- 120+ went to an ER
-- 31 were admitted overnight
-- 3 were treated in an ICU

www.sltrib.com/news/2026/03...

Trump demands "UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER" from Iran It's the most unambiguous statement of U.S. war aims since the operation began seven days ago.

How can "Trump demands unconditional surrender" and "Rubio says the goal is not regime change" co-exist in the same news story?

www.axios.com/2026/03/06/t...

Exclusive | Kuwait Cuts Oil Production as Storage Fills Up The cuts signal a broader storage crisis that poses new risks to the global market.

The bottleneck in the Strait of Hormuz is forcing Kuwait and Iraq to cut oil production. They can't ship it, and they're running out of room to store it.

"Shutting in an oil well risks long-term damage and incurs high restart costs, making it a measure of last resort."

www.wsj.com/business/ene...

January "is always messy. It's the month after the holidays. People are returning stuff, etcetera etcetera."

-- Maria Bartiromo, unearthing this important new piece of information to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Maria Bartiromo's spin about the terrible February jobs report would make anchors in Pyongyang blush -- here she is blaming the weather and saying "we need to see these tankers go and not be afraid to travel through the Strait of Hormuz"

Job Gains Cooled in December, Capping Year of Weak Hiring American employers added a seasonally adjusted 50,000 jobs in December and the unemployment rate fell to 4.4%, the Labor Department reported.

In 2024, the average employment gain was 168,000 jobs a month.

In 2025, the average employment gain was 49,000 jobs a month.

www.wsj.com/economy/jobs...

And this number doesn’t include the surge in fuel costs, or the supply shocks, that are being generated right now by the Iran war

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U.S. Lost 92,000 Jobs in February The U.S. lost 92,000 jobs in February, the Labor Department said Friday, missing expectations.

A nightmare employment report this morning.

Economists’ expectation was +50,000 jobs.

Actual number was 92,000 jobs lost.

🎁 🔗

www.wsj.com/economy/jobs...

ICE detains reporter Estefany Rodríguez in Nashville - Nashville Banner Reporter Estefany Rodríguez, detained by ICE with no arrest warrant, may face deportation. Her attorneys seek immediate review of the legality of her case.

ICE has arrested and detained a Nashville journalist who reported stories critical of ICE. She’s married to a U.S. citizen and has been seeking asylum here after fleeing death threats in Colombia because of her journalism there.

They’ve already sent her to Louisiana.

To be sure, Hegseth has yet to fully engage the press in a traditional sense. His briefings feature Trump-friendly news outlets who are assigned seats in the front two rows while reporters from large, mainstream outlets are relegated to the back. Those journalists rarely get a question in, while one reporter from a favored site asked him what his prayer was for troops in harm's way.

That’s quite a “to be sure” graf!

Top Stories Markets THE WALL STREET JOURNAL. Opinion Business Tech U.S. Hegseth Finds His Footing as Epic Fury's Front Man As conservative critics question the assault on Iran, President Trump's TV-ready defense secretary is going on offense. World

What

Autocorrect?

In January alone, Torbati had 14 bylines at the WashPost.

www.washingtonpost.com/people/yegan...

Our New Iran Correspondent | The New York Times Company

This is the kind of journalist an editor yearns for at a time like this: A Persian-fluent reporter w/ deep experience covering Iranian politics and policies.

She used to work at the Washpost.

Then Bezos dismantled the international coverage.

Now she’s at the NYT

www.nytco.com/press/our-ne...

It’ll have to be a state case or an international one. Because she can expect a full and unconditional federal pardon.

This too bsky.app/profile/sono...

Tweet by ABC News Chief Washington Correspondent Jonathan Karl @jonkarl In a lengthy phone interview, President Trump marveled at the success of the military operation against Iran and expressed no concern about what comes next. "I hope you are impressed," he said to me. "How do you like the performance? I mean, Venezuela is obvious. This might be even better. How do you like the performance?" I said _nobody questions the success of the military operation_, the concern is what happens next. "Forget about next," he answered. "They are decimated for a 10-year period before they could build it back." 3:26 PM · Mar 5, 2026 · 71.8K Views https://x.com/jonkarl/status/2029654727093325965

US journalism 🤩🫡

She doesn’t leave til March 31

Somewhere up there in doggie heaven, a wirehaired pointer named Cricket (née Noem) is having the best day of her afterlife.

Also attributed to Orwell:

"How the heck did you squeeze a queen-size bed into a Boeing 737?"