Ben Shultz

Epstein: "Brexit, just the beginning"

If Nathan Bedford Forrest, the founder of the KKK, were alive today, he'd look and sound exactly like this man, and he'd also substitute "Somalis" for the N-word.

Everyone on my train was watching the Melania movie on their phones. The whole carriage cheered.

Germany arrests 5 over violation of Russia sanctions Five German, Russian and Ukrainian nationals were arrested in Lübeck for allegedly exporting goods to Russian defense companies.

Germany arrests 5 over violation of Russia sanctions

Five German, Russian and Ukrainian nationals were arrested in Lübeck for allegedly exporting goods to Russian defense companies.
https://www.dw.com/en/germany-arrests-5-over-violation-of-russia-sanctions/a-75775387

FIFA boss says Russia should be let back into international football Gianni Infantino says “girls and boys from Russia” should be able to play football in Europe.

FIFA President Gianni Infantino said today the world football governing body should lift its ban on Russia competing in international tournaments.

Trump doesn't have the power to federalize elections, which obviously doesn't mean it's OK that he's saying things like this. The stuff about ginning up bullshit in Atlanta – we'll see. But let's reserve a moment of appreciation for a "media appearance" with a newly former senior admin official.

I was a White House ethics lawyer.

I used to advise people not to even accept a free cup of coffee from someone who had interests before them. And staff followed those rules.

I can’t even find the words to describe the scale of Trump’s corruption here.

I have spoken with several senior FBI counterintelligence officers who believe that there is a reasonably strong prospect that Tulsi Gabbard is a foreign intelligence asset.

College Republicans: any white people who help immigrants are race traitors who deserve to die

College Democrats: while they deserve the right to be on campus, we do not want to go and listen to them threaten to kill us

Corporate Media: College Democrats are too polarized & a threat to free speech

we didnt clap and now we are all being punished for our sin

ten years ago today no one clapped

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In the last 100 years, Russia has attacked at least 19 countries, some as many as three or four times. None of those countries has ever attacked Russia.

- Kaja Kallas

The Government Published Dozens of Nude Photos in the Epstein Files

“The Justice Department published dozens of unredacted nude images on its website, showing young women or possibly teenagers whose photos were contained in files related to the wealthy sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/u...

Exclusive | Classified Whistleblower Complaint About Tulsi Gabbard Stalls Within Her Agency Congress hasn’t seen the complaint, which was filed eight months ago with the U.S. intelligence community watchdog’s office.

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Conservatives push for EU to use mutual defense clause European People’s Party to examine how to implement defense clause as response to actions of Donald Trump.

Leaders of Europe's most powerful political family the European People's Party want to make better use of the EU’s mutual defense clause amid growing concerns about Donald Trump’s commitment to NATO.

"Putin is not getting an accurate picture" This is the second part of our interview with Richard Moore, who from 2020 until last September was Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) also known as “C”.

Richard Moore: "I’m no longer sitting reading the intelligence, but my sense talking to people is that there is still absolutely zero sign that Putin is serious about negotiating. He obviously will play us along. He will try and spin things out." samf.substack.com/p/putin-is-n...

Left: Child arrested by Nazi in the Warsaw Ghetto Right: Child arrested by ICE in Minneapolis

History doesn't repeat itself, but it often rhymes.

Look at their sad faces.
They know it's bad places.

ICE now confirming that there is a measles outbreak at the Texas concentration camp where young Liam was held.

London is Labour’s last bastion Sir Keir Starmer’s government cannot afford to take the city for granted

Our statistical model suggests that Labour might win 98 MPs across Britain, in a typical scenario, if an election were held today. Two-fifths of them would be elected in London.

These numbers conceal Labour’s weaknesses in the capital, though

Malaysia Seizes $129 Million Illegal Oil Tankers Malaysia has seized two oil tankers suspected of carrying out an illegal ship-to-ship transfer involving crude oil valued at about $129...

#Malaysia seizing two shady tankers off #Penang

@tankertrackers.com
@maritimekiwi.bsky.social
@auonsson.bsky.social
@pa.nton.cx

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The Government Published Dozens of Nude Photos in the Epstein Files

The DOJ—as predicted—Published Dozens of Nude Photos (some kids) in the Epstein Files www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/u... & there’re many copies of each file, but survivors aren’t consistently redacted. Analogously, felon Steve Bannon is listed in 2963 different docs—but is redacted in 1000s of others.😱

UK minister calls latest image of Andrew ‘very disturbing’ and urges him to testify – UK politics live Andrew Mounbatten-Windsor features heavily in the latest tranche of the Epstein files, released on Friday by the US justice department

UK minister calls latest image of Andrew ‘very disturbing’ and urges him to testify – UK politics live www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

‘Menopause gold rush’? Experts warn of brands cashing in on women’s symptoms As apps and gadgets capitalise on loss of stigma, consumers are advised to look for evidence-based solutions

‘Menopause gold rush’? Experts warn of brands cashing in on women’s symptoms

EU Decision Behind €120m Fine on Musk’s X Released by US Lawmakers This marks the first time a Digital Services Act enforcement decision of this magnitude has been disclosed.

Under chair Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), described as a ‘critical ally’ of Elon Musk, the Republican-led House Judiciary committee said Wednesday that it obtained the 183-page EU decision that resulted in a massive fine on X via subpoena as part of its campaign against European tech regulations.

Epstein survivors say financier lured them with promise of college education Multiple survivors claim Epstein dangled admission to top universities to ensnare them in his sexual abuse network

Based on what I've seen, at least 4 current/former Harvard professors have now been named as Epstein associates. Which seems notable given prior reporting that Epstein used false promises of "elite" college admissions to lure young girls into his web of abuse.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Nearly 1,000 people fill a large auditorium in NYC to get trained with Hands Off NYC.

@handsoffnyc.bsky.social held an at-capacity training today for nearly 1,000 New Yorkers, covering Know Your Rights, ICE Watch, and organizing & mobilizing strategies. Then, they connected everyone to local neighborhood groups so they can work together to protect their neighbors. We’re going to win.

Russia Today tries to do Pizzagate on actual sex trafficking revelations

Kind of insane to see Russia Today, a state-backed media outlet, trying to do Pizzagate conspiracy theory stuff on the subject of the closest thing you could get to a real version of Pizzagate

Exclusive | Trump Jokes About Suing Warsh if He Doesn’t Lower Interest Rates The president later said he didn’t extract any concessions from the Federal Reserve nominee.

Trump, who shared a table with Chief Justice John Roberts, said he couldn’t make jokes about him because he needed to “kiss his ass.”

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