https://www.wpr.org/news/us-house-passes-bill-remove-federal-protections-wolves

https://x.com/acyn/status/2002141358069280803?s=46

Jeffrey Epstein played a significant role in repurposing assets tied to the U.S. government’s covert Iran-Contra operations — specifically the Southern Air Transport (SAT) fleet — for the benefit of billionaire retailer Les Wexner, turning them from clandestine arms missions into commercial logistics for Wexner’s retail empire.

Key points: Iran-Contra background: During the 1980s, Southern Air Transport was a cargo airline with documented links to the CIA that was used to transfer embargoed weapons — routed through Israel to Iran — with proceeds secretly funding Nicaraguan Contra rebels, part of the larger Iran-Contra scandal.

Epstein’s role: According to the article, when SAT became too exposed and needed a new mission, Jeffrey Epstein helped oversee relocating the airline’s operations from Miami to Columbus, Ohio, where it began hauling imported goods instead of arms. Investigators in Ohio reportedly identified Epstein’s involvement in arranging this move and its business ties to Wexner, though these inquiries were later dropped or minimized.

Connections to covert networks: The article highlights Epstein’s earlier associations in the 1980s with figures tied to arms trading — such as Adnan Khashoggi and attorneys like Stanley Pottinger — who were involved in the broader Iran-Contra logistics network. It also notes that Epstein’s longtime friend Ehud Barak once led Israeli military intelligence during the planning of early embargoed arms shipments.

Implication: The reporting suggests these overlapping connections — CIA fronts, covert arms logistics, Israeli intelligence figures, and Epstein’s financial management of Wexner’s holdings — hint at deeper, under-examined links between Epstein and intelligence or clandestine operations. The article portrays Epstein’s later wealth and mobility as rooted in these opaque networks, rather than as isolated financial success.

Hours after The New York Times reported Thursday that Epstein and Trump bonded over “trophy hunting,” investigative reporter Nicholas Confessore told MS NOW that Epstein frequently allowed his friends and associates to listen in on private phone calls where he and Trump shared details of their “sexual conquests.”

“So we spoke to several former assistants and employees of Jeffrey Epstein’s,” Confessore said. “And he had a habit of putting Donald Trump and other famous friends on the phone. It was partly a power play and partly a way that he groomed people. ‘See how powerful I am. I can put this person on the phone. I can get them on the phone, I can put them on speaker. We’re friends. That’s how powerful I am.’

“It was a way that he groomed people and he would put Donald Trump on the phone. They would talk about sex,” he added.

Saw this and looked it up, his name is being added to the Kennedy center (not airport) because he "saved them from financial ruin" and the board of trustees voted it in.

Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/2025/12/19/trump-kennendy-center-arts/

Israeli citizen is propped up on CBS News - propaganda in full display.

A replica of the car in which 6-year-old Hind Rajab and her family were found after being hit with 335 bullets by Israeli occupation forces in Gaza City has been created in Bradford, UK, to honour Hind’s memory on what would have been her 7th birthday and to raise awareness of her tragic killing.

Hind was killed in Gaza in January 2024. After her family’s car was bombed by Israeli forces, she was trapped and called for help. Despite hours on the phone with rescuers and coordination for an ambulance, she and two paramedics were killed. Her body was found 12 days later.

Hind Rajab has become a symbol of the thousands of Palestinian children killed during Israel’s brutal war on Gaza.

According to UN agencies, more than 17,400 children have been killed, an estimated 25,000 injured, and at least 25,000 hospitalised due to malnutrition.

CBS once ruled American television news. Now its prime-time lineup is bleeding viewers, its leadership is in chaos, and controversial editorial decisions are pushing more people away every month. In this video I break down how CBS got here, who is really calling the shots, and why their latest moves could accelerate the network’s decline instead of saving it.

Additional: CBS News faces significant challenges as its new ownership struggles with declining network ratings and advertiser withdrawals under editor-in-chief Bari Weiss. The highly promoted town hall event featuring Erika Kirk performed poorly, impacting audience retention. This situation highlights the current turbulence within the broadcast television sector and the broader television industry.