Sgt. Declan Coady checked in with his family every hour or two after the U.S. and Israel launched their military campaign against Iran.
When he didn't respond to messages Sunday, "most of us started to wonder," his father told the AP. "Your gut starts to get a feeling." https://to.pbs.org/46EGVvs
WSJ: "The Justice Department said it is reviewing whether it improperly withheld some Epstein files, including Federal Bureau of Investigation notes that detail unverified allegations made by a woman against President Trump."
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WSJ: There Are 47,635 Epstein Files Offline for Review, DOJ Says
"Among the unreleased documents are a woman’s unverified allegations against President Trump."
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The ouster of at least a dozen staffers from a counterintelligence unit, known as CI-12, which operates out of the Washington Field Office, was ordered by FBI Director Kash Patel, according to four former officials familiar with the dismissals. The dismissals came just days before the start of Operation Epic Fury and, separately, a deadly mass shooting at a bar in Austin, Texas, by a man reportedly wearing a sweatshirt that said, “Property of Allah,” beneath which was a T-shirt that was “emblazoned with a design similar to the Iranian flag,” CBS News reported Monday. CI-12 focuses on media leaks, global espionage, and international threats against America emanating from countries such as Cuba and Iran, former FBI officials tell the Sun. More broadly, CI squads are the lead domestic teams for investigating insider threats and foreign intelligence activity on American soil. In 2020, CI-12 assisted in monitoring potential retaliatory actions by Iranian-backed actors on American soil following a U.S. drone strike near Baghdad International Airport that killed Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps major general Qasem Soleimani, an operation ordered by Mr. Trump, former FBI officials tell the Sun.
Kash just fired some counter Iranian espionage agents.
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New reporting finds that Trump's DOJ took over and quashed a state investigation into Epstein's New Mexico ranch in 2019.
As the walls close in on Trump, he'll do anything — including launch full-scale wars — to distract the public.
So glad to work in a newsroom that's willing to fight against disappearing data. ProPublica Sues Education Department for Withholding Records About Discrimination in Schools, by @jsmithrichards.bsky.social @jodiscohen.bsky.social
NYT update: Strike on Girls’ School Kills at Least 175, Iranian State Media Says
Videos and images verified by The New York Times showed that at least half of the school was destroyed.
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When you mix up your endless wars.
Trump is talking about the gold drapes at the White House after making remarks for a few minutes about the war he just started in Iran.
Four soldiers have died. 3 F-15s shot down by accident and Trump is spending more time talking about drapes, his proposed ballroom and his wife not liking building noise.
Hilary Knight: "I thought the joke was distasteful and unfortunate ..."
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Also on tonight at 6 p.m. PT -- Ingrid Bergman in "Gaslight" on TCM.
Things you can watch at 6 p.m. PT: Boston Common Golf vs. NY (ESPN); Shark Tank (CNBC); Journeys of Black Mathematicians (PBS); Mighty Cruise Ships (Smithsonian); Ariz. at Baylor (ESPN 2) ...
NPR: The Justice Department has withheld some Epstein files related to allegations that President Trump sexually abused a minor, an NPR investigation finds. It also removed some documents from the public database where accusations against Jeffrey Epstein also mention Trump.
SB Nation: "In one fell swoop Team USA managed to alienate a huge portion of the current NHL fanbase in the United States, undermine many of the initiatives the league has been trying to make, and turn off the precise segment of the sports market hockey has been trying so desperately to gain."
"And we have to, I must tell you, we're gonna have to bring the woman's team. You know that." (laughs) "I do believe I probably would be impeached, OK."
Not in article, from video.
SOTU, "the coolest night"? 🤔
"I just told my people two minutes ago ... I said we’re giving the State of the Union speech on Tuesday night," Trump said to the cheering players. "I can send a military plane or something, but if you would like to, it’s the coolest night, it’s the biggest speech."
US groups sue to block Trump effort to rid parks of history, science information reut.rs/4awxelj
Latest: The U.S. military says it killed 11 more people overnight in strikes on boats it suspects of drug smuggling at sea, this time bombing targets on both sides of the Panama Canal.
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Do they really need to give out stuffed toys at the medal ceremonies?
This. Not sure why he and every other skater have been followed on camera for every warm-up, practice, waiting time, walking through the hallways, etc. Didn't athletes used to get a little private time?
Friday inspiration.
JUST IN: Knight 1st Amend. Institute & American Oversight ask 11th Circuit to force Judge Aileen Cannon (Trump) to release Vol. II of Special Counsel Jack Smith's report AND to block her from ordering it destroyed as Trump's co-defendants have asked. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/27...
WSJ: "in one incident, Lewandowski fired a U.S. Coast Guard pilot after Noem’s blanket was left behind on a plane, according to people familiar with the incident."
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Trump on drugs latest via ESPN: Pardons former football player with a federal drug trafficking charge, another who pleaded guilty to conspiracy to traffic cocaine in 2009, for financing a drug ring that moved the drug between Colorado and Montana.
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NEW: We’re publishing a full list of the 373 federal judges who have ruled against ICE’s mass detention policy and the 28 who have endorsed it — as well as links to key rulings by each.
Trump appointees have split 44 against/ 20 for the policy.
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Epstein survivor Haley Robson: I’m so tired of having this administration just completely dismiss us. They’re supposed to be the party of, you know, family values and protecting children. And I just feel like if that’s the party you are, it seems like Thomas Massie is the only one showing up for it.
BREAKING: The Trump administraiton has committed a mass violation of ICE detainees' constitutional rights in MN, effectively blocking their acess to attorneys in the Whipple building, a judge ruled tonight.
The judge: Trump appointeee Nancy Brasel
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WaPo: "A federal judge in D.C. said some of the 137 Venezuelan men deported last year under the Alien Enemies Act can return to challenge their removals in court.
"The men were sent to a notorious prison in El Salvador, then moved to Venezuela months later as part of a prisoner swap."
