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demmiblue's JournalTrump says Gordie Howe bridge won't open without Canadian concessions
Trump said in a Feb. 9 post on Truth Social that the U.S. will open negotiations with Canada, which has footed the entire bill for the $5.7-billion bridge construction project, but believes the U.S. should probably take ownership of at least half of it.
The bridge is expected to open early this year, after construction began in 2020.
"I will not allow this bridge to open until the United States is fully compensated for everything we have given them, and also, importantly, Canada treats the U.S. with the Fairness and Respect that we deserve," Trump wrote.
"With all that we have given them, we should own, perhaps, at least one half of this asset."
https://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/2026/02/09/trump-says-gordie-howe-bridge-wont-open-without-canadian-concessions/88597735007/
GOP Sen Lummis says she's changed her mind after the new Epstein revelations today: "Initially my reaction to...
GOP Sen Lummis says she’s changed her mind after the new Epstein revelations today: “Initially my reaction to all this was, I don’t care. I don’t see what the big deal is. But now I see what the big deal is. The members of Congress who were pushing this were not wrong!â€
— Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) 2026-02-09T23:09:19.113Z
Trump told Palm Beach police chief 'everyone' knew about Epstein, Maxwell was 'evil'
Source: Miami Herald
President Donald Trump has repeatedly maintained that he had no knowledge of Jeffrey Epstein’s sex crimes.
But in July 2006, just as Jeffrey Epstein’s criminal case became public, Trump called then-Palm Beach police chief Michael Reiter to tell him that Epstein’s activities with teenaged girls were well known in both New York and Palm Beach.
“Thank goodness you’re stopping him, everyone has known he’s been doing this,” Trump told Reiter, according to a 2019 FBI interview with Reiter contained in the Justice Department’s Epstein case files.
The interview, conducted in October 2019 and not previously reported, has shed new light on Trump’s involvement in the early stages of the 2006 Jeffrey Epstein investigation in Palm Beach, Florida. It also raises questions about how much Trump knew about Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell’s crimes.
Read more: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/article314631578.html
Trump attacking a U.S. Olympic athlete: "U.S. Olympic Skier, Hunter Hess, a real Loser..."
“U.S. Olympic Skier, Hunter Hess, a real Loser…â€
— Matt Novak (@paleofuture.bsky.social) 2026-02-08T15:41:58.393Z
United States Olympian Hunter Hess: "Just because I'm wearing the flag doesn't mean I represent everything that's going on in the U.S"
— Home of the Brave (@ofthebraveusa.bsky.social) 2026-02-07T14:43:27.085Z
Washington Post C.E.O. Will Lewis Steps Down After Stormy Tenure
Source: NYT
Will Lewis, the embattled chief executive and publisher of The Washington Post, has stepped down, the company announced Saturday.
Mr. Lewis said in a statement that he had made the difficult decision “in order to ensure the sustainable future of The Post.”
Mr. Lewis stepped down days after the company undertook a significant round of layoffs that cut 30 percent of the staff — more than 300 journalists — setting off widespread recrimination from current and former Post employees. Marty Baron, the celebrated former editor of The Post, called it one of the “darkest days in the history of one of the world’s greatest news organizations.”
Mr. Lewis will be succeeded by Jeff D’Onofrio, formerly the chief financial officer of The Post.
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/technology/washington-post-will-lewis.html?unlocked_article_code=1.KVA.CXu5.qTLlduAKr5FP&smid=url-share
Was there even a game plan here? Like, did he know he was on the chopping block or did he plan on "stepping aside"? Is there a scandal about to break? Does life have coherence and meaning or is this all just dystopian AI slop futurism?
— Ana Marie Cox (@anamariecox.bsky.social) 2026-02-07T23:01:12.598Z
NSA detected phone call between foreign intelligence and a person close to Trump
The highly sensitive communique, which has roiled Washington over the past week, was brought to the attention of the director of national intelligence (DNI), Tulsi Gabbard – but rather than allowing NSA officials to distribute the information further, she took a paper copy of the intelligence directly to the president’s chief of staff, Susie Wiles, the attorney, Andrew Bakaj, said.
One day after meeting Wiles, Gabbard told the NSA not to publish the intelligence report. Instead, she instructed NSA officials to transmit the highly classified details directly to her office.
Details of this exchange between Gabbard and the NSA were shared directly with the Guardian and have not been previously reported. Nor has Wiles receipt of the intelligence report.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/07/nsa-foreign-intelligence-trump-whistleblower
Prosecutors Began Investigating Renee Good's Killing. Washington Told Them to Stop.
Source: NYT
Hours after an immigration agent fatally shot Renee Good inside her S.U.V. on a Minneapolis street last month, a senior federal prosecutor in Minnesota sought a warrant to search the vehicle for evidence in what he expected would be a standard civil rights investigation into the agent’s use of force.
The prosecutor, Joseph H. Thompson, wrote in an email to colleagues that the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, a state agency that specializes in investigating police shootings, would team up with the F.B.I. to determine whether the shooting had been justified and lawful or had violated Ms. Good’s civil rights.
But later that week, as F.B.I. agents equipped with a signed warrant prepared to document blood spatter and bullet holes in Ms. Good’s S.U.V., they received orders to stop, according to several people with knowledge of the events who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly.
The orders, they said, came from senior officials, including Kash Patel, the F.B.I. director, several of whom worried that pursuing a civil rights investigation — by using a warrant obtained on that basis — would contradict President Trump’s claim that Ms. Good “violently, willfully, and viciously ran over the ICE Officer” who fired at her as she drove her vehicle.
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/us/renee-good-investigation-minnesota-trump.html?unlocked_article_code=1.KVA.pAnP.FE6p37Nwd1TA&smid=nytcore-ios-share
So, did Vance end up getting booed at the Winter Olympics opening ceremony? Why yes, yes he did!
JD Vance loudly booed at the Winter Olympics today.
— Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) 2026-02-06T21:25:07.282Z
Vice President JD Vance endured a chorus of ‘boos’ as US athletes began their march at the Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony, after Israeli athletes faced the same negative welcome.
The Independent’s Flo Clifford reported from inside San Siro, ”A largely positive reception for the US contingent - there are thousands of American fans in the stadium - but very definite boos and jeers for vice president JD Vance and his wife, second lady Usha Vance, who the camera pans to waving American flags for a few brief seconds.”
Viewers at home noted hearing the boos on social media as well. It comes after IOC president Kirsty Coventry urged spectators to be “respectful” toward US athletes after worldwide backlash over immigration raids and the killing of two Americans by border officers in Minnesota.
Vance faced a tense visit to the city after Milan’s mayor, Beppe Sala, was among those to condemn ICE, describing it as “a militia that kills.”
https://www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/sport/jd-vance-booed-olympics-opening-ceremony-israel-athletes-b2915709.html
Members of Congress will be able to view unredacted Epstein files next week
Source: NBC News
Members of Congress will be able to begin reviewing the unredacted version of the Department of Justice’s files on Jeffrey Epstein on Monday morning, according to two sources familiar with the DOJ’s plans.
The review process will take place in person at DOJ, according to a letter to members of Congress obtained by NBC News. The members will be able to review the material on computers at the DOJ offices but not review the physical documents themselves.
The letter states that members can review the documents in person, provided they give DOJ 24 hours' notice. The option at this point is only available to members of Congress — and not their staff. They may take notes, but cannot bring in any electronic devices, the letter said.
The review will only be of the 3 million files currently available to the public, not the extensive trove of more than 6 million documents in total that the DOJ says it has in its possession.
Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/members-congress-view-unredacted-epstein-files-monday-rcna257836
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