Revealed: Epstein cultivated relationship with CBP officer, causing US investigation
Guardian review of US justice department files reveals Epstein interacted with six CBP officers. The officer investigated denied any knowledge of trafficking underage girls
NEW: Jeffrey Epstein cultivated relationships with CBP officers at the airports he frequented.
Epstein emailed and texted with six CBP officers, invited them to his island, visited with them at the airport, and frequently sought to determine who was going to be on duty when he was traveling
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1/ Leaked messages and photographs from a senior Russian general show his role in the murder, torture and abuse of captured Ukrainian, some of whom had their ears cut off. The messages illustrate how extreme brutality has been normalised in the Russian army. β¬οΈ
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squidward from spongebob squarepants looks out a window
ALT: squidward from spongebob squarepants looks out a window
Americans waking up to news that Prince Andrew has been arrested for Epstein ties
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Prince Andrew's Arrest
Across the pond in Britain, justice and accountability is a serious matter
Never in a million years did I ever fathom when I resurrected the Epstein story in 2018 that it would lead to first arrest of a British Royal in four centuries. Not since King Charles I was arrested in 1647.
open.substack.com/pub/jkbjourn...
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Donald Trump with his future wife, Melania, and Prince Andrew at the Mar-a-Lago estate on 12 February 2000. Photograph: Davidoff Studios Photography/Getty Images
From www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019...
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Well, that's possibly one of the worst comparisons I've ever seen.
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Shipwrecks, Sham Papers and False Flags: Tracking the Company Behind It All - bellingcat
A shipwreck in India, an ammunition seizure in Senegal, and a raid on an oil tanker in Malaysia - all involving one recurring figure: Captain Suniel Sharma.
New from Bellingcat: Shipwrecks, sham papers and false flags. We traced a network of fraudulent ship registries linked to Captain Suniel Kumar Sharma, connecting a wrecked tanker in India, an arms seizure in Senegal, and sanctioned oil transfers off Malaysia.
www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/02...
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Probably where he got it from. If you've seen Brett's Chinese army theory you just know he's far gone.
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no idea how good his education was, but he's clearly not using a lot of intellectual capacity today - droning on about covid and conspiracies in various podcasts doesn't take much.
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I guess it's a bit of both, but he's also so full of himself that I think he genuinely sees himself as being leagues above your regular conspiracy theorist (or hypothesiser).
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they also make podcasts, and people listen to them. it's not ideal.
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Quite the hypothesis, clearly the work of a well adjusted mind.
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If you want to get rid of some incriminating documents you don't want anyone to see, the best course of action is to hide them on the top floors of the most famous twin towers in the world and hit them with two hijacked passenger planes.
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Trump: "I know the people very well, respect them greatly. They did take about 100% of our chip business. I think, Taiwan should pay us for defence. You know, we're no different than an insurance company. Taiwan doesn't give us anything." and so on.
oh but we can; from 2024:
www.reuters.com/technology/t...
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"I'm extremely dumb."
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OTD in 2022 TASS reported that western media, who are the ones who really control the Russian military tried hard to trigger a war.
The Russian military then invaded as part of their plot to improve the value of our enemies defense contractors.
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Americans are campaigning for European right wing Russian supporters. Russian media is loving every minute.
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Re: Navalny: one point of using a synthesized frog toxin, which the published literature shows THE EXACT SAME LAB that made the Novichok worked out a synthesis pathway, is the reverse of plausible deniability. It's "implausible deniability", a "hahahaha we did and you know we did it"
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If only Vova knew about all these bad boyars restricting the freedom of his subjects.
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Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at todayβs ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch π. @maddow.bsky.social
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Itβs so funny to think about the fact that thereβs people out there deferring every life decision to this
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It's your "that's all we need to know" comment that made it came across as if the sources were untrustworthy - that's why I asked.
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Yes? And? BBC Russia isn't Russian if that's what you believe.
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Because these are confirmed and identified. It's in the article if you read it.
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What's that supposed to mean?
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13.02.2026 15:56 β π 175 π 22 π¬ 9 π 1
harboring unauthorized immigrant who is your niece: admirable, family-oriented
harboring unauthorized immigrant who is your girlfriend: romantic, possibly cinematic
harboring girlfriend who is your niece:
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The news reporters at WSJ are absolutely journalists. Don't mistake them for the bozos writing the editorials and opinions.
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a crime against humanity exposed
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