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I have met some very bad people, none as bad as trump. Not one decent cell in his body… so yes- dangerous.

-Jeffrey Epstein, Facebook post, February 2017

Former New Mexico AG Hector Balderas defends handling of 2019 Epstein probe

By Clara Bates © Santa Fe New Mexican
July 22, 2026

Former New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas said his agency worked diligently to investigate Jeffrey Epstein in 2019 — until federal prosecutors took over.

They made a commitment to share information with the state but never did, he said.

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We have a PERFECT Administration, THE TALK OF THE WORLD, and ‘selfish people’ are trying to hurt it, all over a guy who never dies, Jeffrey Epstein.

-Donald Trump

DoJ appears to ignore New Mexico deadline for key Epstein ranch files

© The Guardian
August 1, 2026

The US Department of Justice (DoJ) appeared to ignore a Friday deadline set by Raúl Torrez, the attorney general of New Mexico, to share information about the abuse of girls at a remote ranch formerly owned by the disgraced financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Torrez’s office asked the DoJ in February for unredacted files after he reopened a dormant criminal investigation into activities at Zorro ranch, a remote 10,000-acre property in desert scrub outside New Mexico.

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It’s pretty boring stuff. It’s sordid, but it’s boring, and I don’t understand why it keeps going… I think really only pretty bad people, including fake news, want to keep something like that going.

-Donald Trump

Who is Kathryn Ruemmler? Former Obama White House attorney interviewed about Epstein emails

By Joshua Barajas, © PBS
July 31, 2026

Former Obama White House counsel Kathryn Ruemmler defended her email exchanges with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein during a closed-door interview before the House Oversight Committee, according to a transcript released this week.

Ruemmler called Epstein, whom she first met in 2014, a “masterful liar” in her opening remarks to the panel, adding that she didn’t see evidence of criminal conduct by Epstein.

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I know it’s a hoax. It’s started by Democrats… some stupid and foolish Republicans fell for it.

-Donald Trump

Locals Resist Data Centers; Democrats Are Too Timid

© The Progressive
July 10, 2026

A Rising Progressive Populist Revolt Stuns AI Profiteers
There’s a clique of plutocratic, high-tech billionaires who think they’re entitled to turn America’s farmlands and rural communities into their personal domain of predatory artificial intelligence data centers. But a little bookstore in Tulsa, Oklahoma, recently hit those puffed-up elites where they’re most vulnerable: the funny bone.

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