2025-12-22: Epstein Files Roundup

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english.palinfo.com (2025-12-22). Gaza: 1,500 children need medical treatment aboard head of the health ministry's information unit, said that the ministry had to suspend a large number of its operations due to a severe shortage of medicines and vital medical supplies.

npr.org (2025-12-22). Lawmakers threaten Attorney General Bondi with contempt over incomplete Epstein files Two lawmakers are threatening a seldom-used congressional sanction against the Department of Justice over what they say is a failure to release all of its files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein by a deadline set in law.

2025-12-22: Thomas Massie EVISCERATES Trump Admin For Not Releasing Full Epstein Files!

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aljazeera.com (2025-12-21). Netanyahu finally announces October 7 inquiry: Why are Israelis furious?The news that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will be heading the inquiry into his own government's failings ahead of the Hamas-led attacks of October 7, 2023, has drawn sharp criticism from many across Israel.

theatlantic.com (2025-12-20). A Nakedly Imperialistic President The conflict with Venezuela will probably play out differently than the Iraq War did—perhaps better, perhaps worse. But the moral basis upon which it is being waged is most certainly worse.

aljazeera.com (2025-12-20). Trump says US has launched large-scale attacks on ISIL in Syria US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says attacks are 'a declaration of vengeance', and 'lots' of fighters have been killed.

AIC.org (2025-12-20). Whistleblower Report Reveals USCIS Is Circumventing Court Order on Immigrants' Access to their Records A whistleblower report published today in Government Executive shows how U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is circumventing a court order that requires the agency to provide immigrants with their immigration records within the legal timelines.
The revelations state that USCIS has adopted certain practices leading the agency to reject thousands of requests for Alien Files, or A-Files, under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) that would have been processed in the past.

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2025-12-22: Epstein Files Roundup

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stephanie A. Martin, Frank, Bethine Church Endowed Chair of Public Affairs, Boise State University (2025-12-22). As DOJ begins to release Epstein files, his many victims deserve more attention than the powerful men in his 'client list'. | Stephanie A. (Sam) Martin

ecns.cn (2025-12-22). Survivors, lawmakers slam partial release of Epstein files. ecns.cn Victims of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein expressed anger on Saturday after a cache of records from cases against the disgraced financier were released with many pages blacked out and photos censored.

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counterpunch.org (2025-12-22). US Blockades Venezuela in a War Still Searching for an Official Rationale In our Donald-in-Wonderland world, the US is at war with Venezuela while still grasping for a public rationale. The horrific human toll is real – over a 100,000 fatalities from illegal sanctions and over a hundred from more recent "kinetic strikes." Yet the officially stated justification for the US empire's escalating offensive remains elusive.

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usatoday.com (2025-12-20). Venezuela did not steal our oil. It's a Trump fabricationVenezuela did not "take U.S. oil": Venezuela nationalized its oil industry in 1976, and subsequent disputes have involved the treatment and compensation of foreign companies' investments and operating rights — not the seizure of U.S. government-owned oil.

theintercept.com (2025-12-20). StopAntisemitism Takes Credit for Getting Hundreds Fired. A Music Teacher Is Suing. Known for targeting celebrities like Ms. Rachel, the pro-Israel blacklist also goes after private individuals who post in solidarity with Palestine.

theatlantic.com (2025-12-20). 'They're Delusional If They Think This Is Going to Go Away' The Trump administration's release of the long-awaited Epstein files didn't provide what survivors were looking for.

buzzfeed.com (2025-12-20). Trump Claims Venezuela Stole US Oil, Reactions Once again, people are shaking their heads in disbelief over something Donald Trump said. This time, it's due to his recent comments on Venezuela.

counterpunch.org (2025-12-20). The Classroom as a Battleground: Italy's Students Rise Against Genocide While the Italian government actively supports the geopolitical machinery enabling the genocide in Gaza, a different kind of politics is being forged in the corridors of the nation's historic licei (high schools).

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