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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Remember back in the day when Congress used to be in charge of appropriations?
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Nailed it.
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On February 19, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed E.O. 9066, authorizing the forced relocation & incarceration of more than 125,000 Japanese Americans, solely because of their heritage.
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We know exactly why. It is clear.
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What $70 million in taxpayer money buys: a private luxury jet for Kristi Noem and Corey Lewandowski to jet-set around on.
And weβre supposed to believe itβs used for deporting undocumented immigrants.
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Yes! And it can't come soon enough!
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The cover-up just never ends. Rest in peace, Ruben Ray Martinez.
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ββI am begging my fellow politicians, my fellow Americans to realize that right now in this country we are not fighting over policy or political party,β Pritzker said. βWe are fighting over whether we are going to be a civilization rooted in empathy and kindnessβor one rooted in cruelty and rage.ββ
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The American president is more insulated from accountability than a British royal.
Our political system provides the elite with immunity. It has to change.
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Good! Do it! And we can then rebuild it with integrity, ethics, compassion, and following the law and the Constitution.
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never in a million years could i have predicted that a country with an actual king would arrest prince andrew for a crime all whilst america lets its current leader reign freely after committing the exact same crimes with the exact same criminals
LOCK HIM UP
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Donβt threaten me with a good time.
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Kinda weird that the party that controls the House, the Senate, and the White House claims there's rampant voter fraud.
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NEW: Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemerβs husband has been barred from entering Labor Department HQ after two female staffers accused him of sexual assault inside the building, according to NYT. One alleged incident was captured on security cameras and is now part of a criminal investigation.
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Cartoon by Mike Luckovich.
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The UK arresting Andrew.
South Korea tossing their wannabe dictator in jail for life.
John Roberts better be getting a really nice Edible Arrangement from the White House.
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We completely obliterated Iranβs nuclear program. Itβs gone. Fake news will never admit this.
So anyway, we have to send hundreds of billions of dollars worth of equipment to the Middle East and have a major war to stop Iran from building nuclear weapons.
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Speak truth to power.
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Nobody should be under illusion that this regime only wants to deport illegal immigrants.
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Alternate headline: β47% lie to pollstersβ
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RIP to all the American soldiers who are about to die to protect a paedophile from accountability πππ
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Epstein files allegations may amount to βcrimes against humanityβ: UN experts
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Texans: After nearly three decades in charge, βwe can fix itβ sounds like a confession.
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BREAKING: The Department of Education has ended its directive that attempted to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in schools nationwide.
This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.
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ICE drawdown? Indications point to steady enforcement activity outside the Twin Cities
Some people who observe ICE activity are skeptical about a large scale drawdown of agents in the state. There are indications that activity has decreased in the Twin Cities, but has continued outside ...
Two female ICE agents popped the hood of their car and knocked on the door of a mechanic born in Mexico. He went out to help.
βA bunch of agents jump out and tackle him, essentially restraining him, and take him away...His six kids are now without their father." www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
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This. Every damn bit of it.
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Weβve moved onto the gaslighting portion of this hellish timeline.
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