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Platner: Political establishment agrees on ‘love of Jeffrey Epstein and a hatred of me’

Jun 10, 2026Center

Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner, who has been recently dealing with concerns around his past behavior toward women, said in a new ad that the political establishment has a “love of Jeffrey Epstein and a hatred of me.” “Some of the most powerful Democrats and Republicans in the country were on Epstein Island. It…

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'Devastating' probe finds 47 alleged abusers at Epstein-linked arts center: report

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'Devastating' probe finds 47 alleged abusers at Epstein-linked arts center: report

A two-year investigation identified 47 adults accused of sexual misconduct against students at a Michigan arts institution with deep ties to Jeffrey Epstein, drawing on more than 70 firsthand accounts of abuse dating back to the 1950s, MLive reported Tuesday night.Epstein has a well-documented history with Interlochen Center of the Arts, having attended the institution in 1967 when he was around 14 years old. In the 1990s, Epstein became a major donor to the institution, and previous reporting has revealed how he and his accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell used the center to target young girls. Recent reports also revealed that Epstein had set up his own lodge at the institution, and was accused by the mother of soap opera actress Nadia Bjorlin of trying to groom her daughter when she was 13.Carried out by Sanghavi Law Office at the behest of the institution, the new investigation revealed that the scope of abuse was far greater than previously known, including new allegations of abuse by Epstein himself.“The information gathered during this investigation is, simply, devastating,” reads Sanghavi Law Office’s report. “Despite the deep and positive connections that many individuals expressed to the investigative team regarding Interlochen, some of these same individuals detailed the significant negative impact of the conduct that they reported.”The law office’s investigative team forwarded the names of the alleged abuser to the Grand Traverse County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office, though a significant number of accused adults are now deceased, per the report. Having conducted around 180 interviews, the law office also uncovered a previously unreported allegation against Epstein.“One alum said that when she met Epstein and Maxwell at Interlochen, they offered to pay for her tuition, which they did. She noted that they withdrew financial support for subsequent schooling after she did not engage in requested conduct,” the law office’s report reads. “This alum said that during the time she interacted with Epstein and Maxwell at Interlochen, they asked her to Epstein’s lodge on campus, and that while there, Epstein engaged in sexual conduct with her, brushing against her body over her clothes, in a manner in which he indicated was accidental.”The same alum told investigators that she visited Epstein at his home in New York on three occasions while a student at Interlochen, during which Epstein would make unwanted sexual physical contact, and that she “did not tell anyone about Epstein’s conduct towards her until decades later.”In another new revelation, investigators discovered that a male faculty member at the institution had allegedly made unwanted physical advances and contact with a female student. That student told investigators that she confronted the faculty member and read aloud a letter to him: “Can you promise me that you won’t do this to anyone else?”The faculty member, according to the student, “told her that this was part of how he expressed love, and that he could not promise he would not do it again with anyone else,” the law office’s report reads.Per the report, the student informed leadership at the institution of the alleged unwanted physical contact. Within days of informing leadership, the male faculty member accused of abuse received a letter of recommendation from an institution administrator, and a second letter of recommendation from another administrator a month later.

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'Catastrophic': Supreme Court justice's alliance with Trump alarms political operative

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'Catastrophic': Supreme Court justice's alliance with Trump alarms political operative

A political operative sounded the alarm on a Supreme Court justice whom he believes is President Donald Trump's chief enabler.During an episode of Court of History, journalist and former senior Clinton White House advisor Sidney Blumenthal explained the thinking behind a recent article he wrote for The Guardian about Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh."When you look beneath the surface, and you see certain dissents and statements and opinions, you find that Kavanaugh is playing an instrumental key role on Trump's key issues," Blumenthal said. "And he's really the most politically attuned, the one who is acting most like a political operative, and the results are catastrophic."Blumenthal said that Kavanaugh has aligned himself with Trump's agenda when it comes to immigration, birthright citizenship and "damaging" tariffs.He pointed to Kavanaugh's concurrence that let immigration agents stop people based on factors including ethnic appearance, speaking Spanish, and working certain jobs, which Kavanaugh called "a relevant factor" and "common sense." The tactics later became known as "Kavanaugh stops," Blumenthal noted.When Trump appealed a decision that blocked his tariffs, the Supreme Court sided with a lower court decision that called Trump's claims "unconstitutional," Blumenthal said. "Kavanaugh, however, said, Well, not only is it not unconstitutional, let me suggest certain laws and other kinds of citations of tariffs that you could cite" to get around laws stopping Trump's tariffs."He was playing the staffer to Trump," Blumenthal said. "And then Trump attacked the majority on the court as fools and dogs. But then he said, 'Kavanaugh, I'm so proud of him.'"Blumenthal then pointed to Kavanaugh's "masterpiece of errors, factual revisionism and sophistry" on birthright citizenship, saying the justice built his case on speculation about what the framers of the 14th Amendment would have wanted."This is mind reading in a time machine about a non-existent legal category projected forward," Blumenthal said. "This is a fantastical fiction."

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Dem primary erupts as establishment favorite dismisses rival as ‘celebrity candidate’

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Dem primary erupts as establishment favorite dismisses rival as ‘celebrity candidate’

Haley Stevens repeatedly branded Abdul El-Sayed the "celebrity" candidate during Monday's heated Michigan Senate Democratic debate before the primary.

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Puppy love: Diary exposes Fauci's crush on Julia Roberts

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Puppy love: Diary exposes Fauci's crush on Julia Roberts

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) has released more than 1,100 pages of "Tony's Diary" — Dr. Anthony Fauci's personal record from the COVID era — ahead of Fauci's testimony Wednesday before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.Amid entries on virus origins, case counts, and infighting with the Trump White House, the name of one particular "pretty woman" recurs with striking regularity: Julia Roberts. 'She ... said that every time she sees me her throat gets dry and she gets nervous.'Fauci wrote her name at least seven times across the released pages.On May 13, 2020, Fauci wrote up an Instagram Live arranged by the ONE Campaign. Roberts, he said, put her hands over her mouth when he appeared on screen and gasped, "Oh my God. It's Dr. Fauci; he is here," before telling him he was her personal hero.A clip of their conversation shows Roberts describing Fauci as "maybe the coolest man on the planet" and a "true north, I think, for a lot of people."He was a little starstruck himself. "She was absolutely fabulous," Fauci wrote of Roberts.The two went on to discuss COVID-19's toll on the developing world. He described her as "totally down to earth" and closed the entry with, "Great experience!!"RELATED: Diaries expose Fauci obsessing over his own fame during height of COVID as millions died Amy Sussman/Getty ImagesIn an entry dated October 14, 2020, that otherwise concerns a case surge across 30-plus states and a dispute with Dr. Scott Atlas over herd immunity, Fauci wedged in: "A FEW DAYS AGO, Julia Roberts sent me [a] beautiful flower arrangement. I emailed her my thanks."On February 10, 2021, Fauci wrote about Roberts presenting him amfAR's Award of Courage virtually from her California breakfast room. "When my image came up on the screen she gasped and said that every time she sees me her throat gets dry and she gets nervous and excused herself to go into the kitchen and get a glass of water," he wrote.He also called her "charming, natural, fun, and amazingly beautiful."RELATED: Fauci diary bombshells: Glenn Beck dives into wildest lines from his just-released entries Chip Somodevilla/Getty ImagesThe Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee obtained Fauci's diary as part of its ongoing investigation into COVID-19 and federally funded gain-of-function research. Fauci declined to testify voluntarily this time, so the committee subpoenaed him for the Wednesday hearing.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

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Vance remembers Graham as someone who 'loved people from all walks of life'

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Vance remembers Graham as someone who 'loved people from all walks of life'

Vice President JD Vance spoke at the U.S. Capitol funeral service for Sen. Lindsey Graham, remembering their time working together in the Senate and as someone who "loved people from all walks of life."

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Platner energized Maine's Democrats. Jackson's challenge will be to keep them engaged

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Platner energized Maine's Democrats. Jackson's challenge will be to keep them engaged

Democrats have a new candidate for U.S. Senate in Maine: Troy Jackson. In one of the country's most closely-watched races, he'll have less than 100 days to make his case.

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Johnson & Johnson Agrees to Pay $5.5 Billion to Settle Talc Lawsuits

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Johnson & Johnson Agrees to Pay $5.5 Billion to Settle Talc Lawsuits

The drugmaker aims to put an end to litigation that has been going on for more than a decade.

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Kaylee Goncalves' father would 'love' Bryan Kohberger retrial

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Kaylee Goncalves' father would 'love' Bryan Kohberger retrial

A year after the murder of his daughter and three other students, Steve Goncalves speaks exclusively with "Jesse Weber Live."

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Platner: Political establishment agrees on ‘love of Jeffrey Epstein and a hatred of me’

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