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President Donald Trump is suing The New York Times for $15 billion for defamation and libel. In a late night post on Monday, the president described the publication as 'one of the worst and most degenerate newspapers in the History of our Country.' He described the lawsuit as a 'great honor' and accused the prestigious paper of becoming a 'virtual mouthpiece for the Radical Left Democrat Party.' Trump's announcement comes days after the newspaper released articles on his ties to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. He had threatened last week to sue The New York Times for its reporting related to...

The Daily Beast publicly apologized to first lady Melania Trump last week for publishing an article alleging a modeling agent connected to notorious sex predator Jeffrey Epstein introduced her to her husband, President Trump. The article, headlined, “Melania Trump ‘Very Involved’ in Epstein Scandal: Author,” was retracted in July after the lefty outlet was contacted by Melania’s lawyers — but the editor’s note affixed to the story at the time did not directly apologize to the first lady or address the dubious claims made by author Michael Wolff on a Daily Beast podcast, which the article was based on. “Upon...

Former Gawker editor Elizabeth Spiers unloaded in the Nation what may be the most caustic postmortem on Charlie Kirk found anywhere in media so far — comparing the slain Turning Point founder to Nazi propagandist Joseph Goebbles and labeling Kirk “an unrepentant racist, transphobe, homophobe, and misogynist.” The latter name calling appeared in the lead paragraph alone of the 1000-word essay under the headline: “Charlie Kirk’s Legacy Deserves No Mourning.” Quoting gracious comments by California Gov. Gavin Newsom about the slain father of two, Spiers wrote, “There is no requirement to take part in this whitewashing campaign, and refusing to...

...The Wall Street Journal wrote the hit piece against DNI Tulsi Gabbard, sourced to two “people familiar with the matter,” and “three other people with knowledge of the situation.” They all needed to coordinate with the WSJ. Think about it. The substance of the story is that among the 37 current and former Intelligence Community officials Tulsi Gabbard recently stripped of their security clearances, was an “undercover CIA agent” located within one of those agencies..

It is possible for two things to be true at the same time: Trump was absolutely unfairly targeted, and Trump’s targets are now being fairly targeted for evidence of real, actual crimes. Both the New York Times and the Washington Post were out with Editorial Board editorials Friday night lamenting the raid on John Bolton’s home and office and they both read like they came from the same talking points. Both the Times and the Post frame it the same way: the investigations into Bolton, Letitia James, Adam Schiff, etc., are “weightless,” clearly just “revenge” on the part of Trump,...

Former Paramount executive Shari Redstone was concerned President Donald Trump's team would seize on unaired footage of a 2023 "60 Minutes" interview with then-President Joe Biden, as she explained why the company settled Trump's lawsuit against CBS News. Redstone claimed in an interview with the New York Times that some CBS personnel told her in October 2023 that Biden appeared drowsy and had to be prompted to answer questions during an interview with Scott Pelley. Redstone said she and her son Tyler Korff were worried that CBS would be accused of editing the "60 Minutes" interview to conceal Biden's "failings,"...

An organ harvesting organization has faced allegations that it urged doctors to remove body parts from a comatose woman - who went on to make a full recovery after medics insisted she showed signs of life. Danella Gallegos said she feels lucky to be alive after her organs were almost taken by 'pushy' donor bosses when she fell into a coma in 2022. Gallegos, who was 38 at the time, was homeless when she suffered an unspecified medical emergency, and doctors at Presbyterian Hospital in Albuquerque, New Mexico told her family she would never recover. Without any hope, her family...

President Trump has dropped his demand that Rupert Murdoch immediately testify in the president’s libel lawsuit over a Jeffrey Epstein story in the Wall Street Journal, but the 94-year-old media mogul has agreed to provide his health information.Trump initially demanded Murdoch sit for a deposition within 15 days to answer questions about the Epstein story, citing Murdoch’s advanced age and various health complications.But the warring sides reached a truce, agreeing that Murdoch instead would provide “a sworn declaration describing his current health condition,” according to a joint stipulation filed in U.S. District Court in Miami late Monday. “Defendant Murdoch has...

Take note Politico.EPSTEIN! EPSTEIN! EPSTEIN! It has been used so much that it is no longer effective according to Ed Kilgore of New York magazine. Much as Kilgore would like to see President Donald Trump's popularity decline due to the media constantly trying to connect him with Jeffrey Epstein, it is just not working. Kilgore pretty much threw the towel into the ring on Thursday in "Why Trump’s Epstein Files Scandal May Not Be Hurting Him After All."

democrats have no message for America. None. Donald Trump has them careening about trying to find something to stand for. Their Russiagate hoax has collapsed and the cretins of the intelligence community (Brennan, Clapper, Comey and assorted scum and villainy) are in jeopardy of going down with it. So, democrats changed course- to defending illegal alien criminals over Americans. Americans aren't liking that either, so they've turned to a Hail Mary play- demanding that Trump release the Epstein files. Guilt by association. It's a Machiavellian ploy. They know whatever remains can't be released without a court order. Former Epstein lawyer...

Attorney General Pam Bondi informed President Trump in the spring that his name appeared in the Jeffrey Epstein files, according to three people with knowledge of the exchange. The disclosure came as part of a broader briefing on the re-examination of the case against Mr. Epstein, who died in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges, by F.B.I. agents and prosecutors. It was made by Ms. Bondi during a meeting that also included the deputy attorney general, Todd Blanche, and covered a variety of topics. Ms. Bondi frequently meets with Mr. Trump to brief him on various matters, officials...

The report noted that being named in the files does not necessarily imply wrongdoing.The White House is denying a report by The Wall Street Journal that claims President Donald Trump was informed in May that his name appears multiple times in the so-called Epstein files.Citing senior administration officials, the WSJ reported that Attorney General Pam Bondi and her deputy informed President Trump during a White House meeting in May that his name was mentioned alongside other high-profile figures who had known Jeffrey Epstein. The report noted that being named in the files does not necessarily imply wrongdoing. The WSJ said...

Epstein! Epstein! Epstein!Please keep your minds focused on Jeffrey Epstein and his connection to President Donald Trump! No other story should be allowed to divert your attention away from Epstein and Trump.That definitely seems to be the attitude with Politico which is now treating the unfolding of the shocking details of Team Obama and their role in basically staging a coup against incoming President Donald Trump in December 2016 as really nothing more than an annoying diversion away from EPSTEIN! That is the basic theme of Tuesday's article by Politico's White House correspondent Eli Stokols, "Deflecting Epstein questions, Trump urges...

It’s the fixation of Washington. Now Democrats from coast to coast are plotting how to capitalize on the Jeffrey Epstein saga. An ongoing furor around the government’s investigation of the disgraced financier has done more than fracture President Donald Trump’s base. It has also injected a volatile new element into midterm elections and created an opening for Democrats scrambling to exploit any perceived Republican weakness as they work to retake the House. Once largely confined to the Beltway and to the more conspiratorial corners of the internet, the Epstein affair has already shown surprising staying power by tapping into pervasive...

Letting the Left divide MAGA with an Epstein info op may doom America. .. The Trump administration has a limited legislative window to get anything done. Democrats have seized on the Epstein issue to sideline legislation and some House Republican leaders appear to be going along with it instead of staying laser-focused on passing as much of the president’s agenda as possible. The Dems know a golden opportunity when they see one and everyone insisting on Epstein answers that are never going to come (certainly not out of Congress, of all places) are squandering a very narrow window for getting...

BREAKING: CNN publishes photos of Epstein at Trump’s wedding in 1993@KFILE says the President told him, “You’ve got to be kidding me,” & hung up on him when he called. 😂 pic.twitter.com/IJEhFZmSls— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) July 22, 2025

Jack Poso 🇺🇸 @JackPosobiec Mark Levin on Epstein now vs Mark Levin on Epstein in March: From Viva Frei 8:44 AM · Jul 21, 2025

The Wall Street Journal is facing renewed scrutiny after publishing a story falsely linking President Donald Trump to Jeffrey Epstein through a letter the paper claimed was “lewd” and allegedly sent for Epstein’s 50th birthday. ... The report has been widely denounced as part of a continued pattern of politically motivated attacks, with deeper ties now surfacing between the authors of the story and the figures behind the discredited Russia collusion narrative.. ...

Noted attorney Alan Dershowitz said Sunday he could be called as a witness in President Donald Trump’s suit against The Wall Street Journal, arguing that he could help “prove malice” in the case. Trump announced he’d filed suit against the WSJ and its owner, Rupert Murdoch, Friday over an article that claimed he sent disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein a bawdy letter celebrating his birthday. Dershowitz told “Sunday Agenda” host Lidia Curanaj he also was contacted by the WSJ over a letter he reportedly sent, which the outlet couldn’t produce. “I’ll probably be called as a witness in the case, because...

If you listened to the rest of the media — both mainstream and social media — you would think Donald Trump was on the skids, that MAGA was at last turning on the president over the so-called Epstein Files. But nothing could be further from the truth, according to polling the president crowed about over the weekend and, also, according to history. Every single time his enemies count him out, Trump roars back with a vengeance. The latest effort last week to try to smear him as a sexual deviant and damage his marriage by tying him to child sex...