Jeffries Calls for Full Disclosure of Epstein Files

“If you’re not hiding anything, prove that to the American people. And if you are trying to hide something, as many of Donald Trump’s MAGA supporters apparently believe, then the Congress should work hard to uncover the truth for the American people.”

— House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), quoted by the Washington Post, calling for the full release of the Jeffrey Epstein files.

Trump’s Botched ‘Operation Excalibur’ Assault on LA Park a ‘Laughingstock’

US 18th Cavalry troops facing no opposition during Trump regime assault on MacArthur Park in Los Angeles

The Trump regime staged another military assault on Los Angeles yesterday, this time targeting historic MacArthur Park. Not coincidentally, the park lies in the Westlake District, which is home predominantly to immigrants from Central America.

The primary, but unstated, objective of the assault, billed as “Operation Excalibur” was to produce deceptive video content for the Fox propaganda channel and its immitators.

Journalist Ken Klippenstein, who covers national security on Substack, spoke with National Guard members off the record and obtained leaked documents about Operation Excalibur, the assault on a park in a US city by the US military and the Trump Department of Homeland Security:

The news media is describing the operation as an ominous crackdown, but National Guard sources tell me that it was a botched laughingstock. The military aspect of the operation, codenamed Operation Excalibur, has not been previously reported.

The documents reveal that the erstwhile justification for the operation was to try to shut down the distribution of fake IDs. The mission of the 1st Squadron, 18th Cavalry is described as protecting DHS [Department of Homeland Security] “security points and blocking positions” while they undertook their assault. The Squadron was ordered not to “restrict pedestrian movement” and not to “conduct law enforcement activities.”) …

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