Transcript of Tuesday Afternoon Breaking News Updates with Ben — 2/10/26 New

Welcome to Ben on Breaking News. I'm Ben Meiselas. This is Breaking News. A lot of self-incrimination and invoking the Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination taking place as the reverberations of the Epstein file partial release is being felt throughout this country, throughout the world. Then the cabal is right there in the center of the oval office. Now we're learning that Donald Trump's name in the unredacted files, the millions that have still not been released are on those files over 1 million times. Yep, the ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, Jamie Raskin, he was able to look at that other batch of documents that's not been produced, because what has been produced are the unlawfully redacted documents. Folks, a million references to Donald Trump's name? Not hyperbolic, a million references. When we were talking about 38,000 references from the redacted files, one million. I would give exemplars like that means with the 38,000 references, there's more references to Donald Trump in the Epstein files that have been released than to the word Harry in the seven Harry Potter books. More references to Donald Trump than references to Jesus in the Bible in the Epstein files. Then you had Howard Lutnik's testimony before the Senate, where now he's admitting, Yep, I I had my children go to the Epstein Island with me, but only once.

I only did it once. So we went from Howard Lutnik saying that, I've never, ever spoken to Epstein since 2005. I I bought the townhouse from him, and he invited me over. I was there with my wife, and I was headed there, and I saw a massage table in the center of a living room, and I said to him in 2005, What do you have that for? And he said to me, I like the good massage as Howard. And I said to my wife, That man is disgusting. I knew he was up something, and I never had any dealings with him again, professionally, family, anything. You understand? Remember, that's what he said. Okay, well, now he admits he brought his children. It was in the files. There were eight meaningful interactions between Lutnik and Epstein that we are aware of that were in the partial release of the Epstein files that came out a few weeks back at this point. And he brought his children and the children of his friends to the island inhabited by and used for the purpose of child sex trafficking. What the hell are we even What are you talking about here?

We're not having political discussions. Oh, well, we should have this tax policy. Perhaps our policy should be this versus What are we even talking about? I'm watching the commerce secretary at a Senate hearing, nonchalantely saying, Yeah, I lied about it, and I brought my children to the island where children are sex trafficked, but I didn't notice anything untoured at the island, and I don't see anything wrong with what I did. You don't see anything wrong with what you did. The moral compass has not even been moved 360 degrees. The moral compass has been shattered. We are dealing with mega-zombified brains who are so vested in their positions in the Epstein class that they think that this behavior, what's wrong with what I did? I didn't do anything wrong. The hell are you talking about? In the past week, you have Donald Trump attacking the Olympian athletes in the United States. You have Donald Trump photoshopping former President Obama and Michelle Obama onto images of apes. And then Donald Trump. I'm like, Why would I apologize for photoshopping their faces on apes? What's wrong with that? He says, the video that I posted was very strong on election fraud.

The hell are you talking about? He attacked Kaitlyn Collins from CNN. Why don't you smile more, lady? You're a young lady. You don't smile? Smile when you ask me questions about child sex, smile more. Let me just think about those stories that just poof, poof. We're supposed to just accept that these Epstein class predators, these psychopaths in the oval office. That's just how he is. Yesterday, he posts about that China is going to take over the Stanley Cup from Canada and that he's going to shut down the bridge that Canada fully paid for between Ontario and Detroit, despite there being agreements that Canada would pay for the full thing. Now he goes, China is going to take over the Stanley Cup. That's not even a because it's just, Yeah, that's the psychopath in the oval office, as our editor-in-chief, Ron Philipkowski writes, Can we talk about how batshit crazy it was for Trump to post that China was going to permanently cancel the Stanley Cup if Canada signs a trade deal with them? Or do we just assume at this point that he's completely psychotic? It's a fair question to be asked. I haven't even gotten into yet in this intro, the fact that Ghislaine Maxwell, when she testified before the House Oversight Committee yesterday, invoked her Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination, the entire deposition, when she was asked questions, So are you aware of Donald Trump with underage girls?

I have to invoke my Fifth Amendment against self-incrimination. Or is Donald Trump part of your enterprise? I have to invoke my Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination. So that's going to incriminate you to answer that question? Wait, you were willing to speak to Donald Trump's former criminal defense attorney, who's now the number two at the Department of Justice, Todd Blanch. You spoke with him. But now you can't answer these basic questions from the House Oversight Committee. Who are the other co-conspirators? I must invoke my Fifth Amendment right to silence. Okay. Did Donald Trump promise you a pardon for your silence? I must invoke my Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination. That question would incriminate you? And you're already incriminated. You were found guilty of child sex trafficking by a federal jury and sentenced to over 20 years in prison. I understand you were moved to club fed and now get VIP treatment by the Bureau of Prisons because the Trump regime anoints the child sex traffickers to VIP status because you're part of the Epstein class. The Epstein class, everybody, the Epstein class. But you lost your appeal to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. You lost your appeal to the United States Supreme Court.

Three strikes, you're out. Madame Ghislaine, you're out. You're out of appeals. So you can say, well, I have a habeas petition pending. Every individual who's in prison has the right to a habeas petition. That Just as saying that you believe you're unlawfully detained. That's not an appeal. That's invoking habeas corpus, which is under the Constitution, or we believed it was under the Constitution before Donald Trump ripped that right away for most people who are here in this country. But that's what you're invoking in order to invoke the Fifth Amendment against yourself in criminalization? You think we're that stupid? By the way, your appeal was still pending before the United States Supreme Court, which has now been rejected. When you spoke with Todd Blanch. So it wasn't an imperative for you to invoke the Fifth with Trump's guy, but now before the House Oversight Committee, I must invoke the Fifth. I cannot. But if Donald Trump This is what she said at the depot. But if I am granted clemency by Donald Trump, I will exonerate him publicly if I'm granted clemency. If you're granted clemency, for what? For being a child sex trafficker, you want to be granted clemency?

If anything, what's been released in the files shows that you got off lightly. You should be in jail for 20 life sentences. You're lucky you were only sentenced to 20 years clemency. I go back to what I was talking about with Howard Lutnik, the moral compass has been so utterly shattered that you have MAGA Republicans being asked questions if they think she should get clemency, and their answer isn't no. Like James Comer and MAGA Mike Johnson, well, that's not really for me to decide. We're going to have to see if Donald ultimately makes that call for clemency. For a child sex trafficker, what are you pedo protectors talking about? It blows my mind as I watch this and I try to process this information and data like, what the hell? And it's explainable. These mega-zombified Epstein class humans are predators. It's like if you see a zombie movie and you can't tell the zombie. Why are you behaving like a zombie? They're zombies. This is who they are. They're the Epstein class. They're evil. They're predators. They hate you. They want to hurt you. They want to prey on you. They want to steal your children to pray on that.

They're sick. They're sick, sick, sick, sick people. That's who they are. I can try to give you intellectual analysis and blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, and put on my Professor Ben Gap. No, these are sick freaking people, and they're covering up for other sick freaking people. That's what they're doing. I mean, in other areas, too, you see this in lots of other areas, and they're going after the kids constantly. Did you see the ProPublica report from the Dilly Detention Center in Texas, where all of these kids were writing these letters? They've been kidnapped by Ice and Border Patrol Gestapo, and they're writing letters how the water is getting them sick, and they're scared, and they're penning these letters, and ProPublica got their hands, and they're drawing these photos. I mean, it looks like the types of letters you would see in the Holocaust Museum. It's being written by these young three to five-year-olds who are talking about the water's making me sick and I want to see my family again, and I've been here for days and I don't know what's going on. Am I ever going to get out of here? Now the Trump regime, they're buying out Amazon-style warehouses in multiple areas, in Hagerstown, Maryland for 102 million.

This is where our taxpayer dollars are going. Epstein class, $102 million in Maryland, $70 million in surprise, Arizona, $87 million in Hamburg, $120 million in Trimble, $82 million in San Antonio, $123 million in El Paso. We don't know what the price is in social circle Georgia. Then a lot of the Republican Center is like, We don't want these in our town. Put them in other towns. Then the one in Texas, they've already put a government contract for $1. 2 billion to house in a concentration camp like 3,000 human beings who are not hardened criminals. Just kids in their family who have been ripped off the... Workers There's children who are now in these Amazon-style warehouse concentration camps. The taxpayers, you're telling me, when I have to look at my tax bill in April and I write that check to Uncle Sam, it's funding this versus health care versus affordable housing versus education versus mental health programs versus lunches for kids. No, We're torturing the kids. The Epstein class, they're torturing the kids. That's where our taxpayer dollars are going. It's horrific. I'm sick and tired of corporate meeting, everybody normalizing this. These sick, evil predator, perverts.

It's sick. It is sick behavior. I'll share this with you. The split screen right here, Home of the Brave, did a good job in getting this and just putting these side by side. We were the ones who unearthed the Epstein deposition back in 2010 that you're probably familiar with. And they did a side by side at home of the brave of Epstein and Ghislaine. Let me show you what went down. Tell me if you see the similarities here. Here, play this clip. Have you ever socialized with Donald Trump in the presence of females under the age of 18? Though I'd like to answer that question, at least today, I'm going to have to assert my fifth, sixth, and 14th Amendment rights. Are you aware of Donald Trump ever engaging in sexual activity with an individual introduced to him by you or Jeffrey Epstein? I invoke my fifth Amendment right to silence. How about when Donald Trump was being civilly prosecuted for fraud? What did he do? Did he answer the questions or? Here, play the clip. So, Mr. Trump, I take it you are not going to answer any questions about your preparation today with your counsel.

Is that correct? Should I say this or should I respond to that? Just read that. For all of the reasons provided in my answer, which is incorporated herein, in its entirety, I declined to answer the question. Same answer? Same answer. Same answer. Same answer. Same answer. Same answer. Same answer. Same answer. Same answer. Same answer. Same answer. Anyone in my position not taking the Fifth Amendment would be a fool, an absolute fool. Now, I do recall Donald Trump, when he was campaigning in 2016, saying something interesting about the Fifth Amendment. Let's play this clip. She has people taking the Fifth Amendment. Four people, plus the guy who illegally did the server. He put in the illegal server. So there are five people taking the Fifth Amendment, like you see on the mob, right? You see the mob takes the fifth. If you're innocent, why Why are you taking the Fifth Amendment? I don't know. Tell me, Donald, what do I know? What do I know? Yeah, maybe that's just how the Epstein class does it. What do I know? It's the Epstein. Different rules for the Epstein class, right? Different rules while you all are on islands and New Mexico ranches where you don't have to register a sex offender the way Epstein didn't in New Mexico and your own islands, your townhouses that you sell to each other, your massage tables in your living room while you brag about the annexation of Crimea by Putin.

Say there's a lot of opportunity there is what Epstein was talking about in the files. As you talk about propping up right wing thugs like Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil, the way Epstein and Banon were talking about, right? The way all of that was going down in the… I guess that's what the Epstein class does, everybody. Speaking of the Epstein class, Howard Lutnik testified earlier today, and he testified in the United States Senate. Here's when Senator Van Haalen said, Did you, in fact, make the visit to Epstein's private island? Again, we all know that Lutnik said that he had before. He never had any interaction, professional or otherwise, with Epstein. Instead of one meeting in 2005, that's what Lutnik said, because he was so repulsed, so grossed out by Epstein in 2005. He I didn't even think about ever seeing this guy again. So you brought your kids, you brought your little children to the island where children get raped. That's what you did, and we, the people, are supposed to be like, Hey, that's Lutnik. That's Lutnik, everybody. Okay, I guess we need to move on. First, play this Lutnik clip, and then I'm going to show you Mike Johnson's response.

Let's play. Lutnik, I think you understand the root of concern here. It's the way you described very emphatically your first encounter with him in his apartment, said you were disgusted, would never have I have any contact with him again. Did you, in fact, make the visit to Jeffrey Epstein's private island? I did have lunch with him as I was on a boat going across on a family vacation. My wife was with family, as were my four children and nannies. I had another couple. They were there as well with their children, and we had lunch on the island. That is true for an hour, and we left with all of my children, with my nannies and my wife, all together. We were on family vacation. We were not apart. To suggest there was anything untoured about that in 2012, I don't recall why we did it, but Mr. Secretary, again, as I said there- By the way, I'm glad that Democratic Senator Van Holland was asking him those questions. I am. But why are we being nice to this guy? Where's the outrage, I think Van Holland does a lot of really good things, so I'm not upset that he asked the question.

But why are we tiptoeing around? Why wouldn't you just say, So you see no problem that you brought your little children to the island of child rape? You were there and you lied about it. You see no issue with that. Is that accurate? Mr. Lutnik, you don't see any problem in that. Is that what you're Your judgment suggests? Should other families have brought their children? Was it a pleasant day? Was it a pleasant day? When Maga Mike was asked about what went down, watch Maga Mike's response. Let's play it. Madam Speaker, in hard luck, they had said that he had cut off ties with Jeffrey F. D. In 2005, the documents that came up contradict that Democrats and Thomas Massy said he should resign. Do you think that Howard Lutnik should resign? Of course not. It's absurd. Howard Lutnik is a great commerce secretary. He's done an extraordinary job for the country. Thomas Massy should definitely. Do you have any concerns about Lutnik's ties with- I don't know anything about that. I know Howard as an individual, and I trust his word on it. I don't know the timing and all that. I'm not sure.

You have to ask other people. What's the latest- I don't know the timing of all of that going to the rape island and everything. You're going to have to ask some others. But of course, he shouldn't have to resign. He's a really good guy who brings his children to the child rape island and then starts exchanging nannies with Jeffrey Epstein, and then Epstein gives him gifts for awards that he's receiving, and then they go into business together. But of course, that shows really good judgment right there. Let's also ignore the fact that Howard Lutnik's children are now running Cantor Fitzgerald, and they're profiting off of a lot of the horrors that are taking place in this regime. We could ignore those conflicts of interest as well. I just think that Lutnik is a great guy. I mean, that's the moral rot in the United States right now. At least when you look in other countries, if you look at what's happening in the UK, if you look at what's happening in Poland, if you look at what's happening in Norway, if you look at what's happening in other areas, there is at least an understanding that even second-hand associations with Epstein could be and should be disqualifying.

Even remember the seven degrees of Kevin Bacon? If you're two degrees away from Epstein, that in many countries is disqualifying alone. Peter Mandelson, the ambassador to the United States from the UK, had the direct relationship with Epstein, appeared far less than Trump does in the files, but I'm not going to argue which is more grotesque than the others. Obviously, he needs to go, and he gets removed and banished from the labor party. But then the guy who recommended him, the chief of Staff to Prime Minister Starmer, needs to go. He resigns. Then lots of people were putting pressure on Starmer to go. I think one of the issues is that Labor Party still controls Parliament, at least through 2029. It's not exactly like the Tories or the reform party. I mean, like the reform party, you've We have Nigel Farage, who was coordinating with Banon. We know Banon's role, so you don't let them off. That's a major issue because they were behind a lot of the right wing takeovers that we've seen across the world. And then the Tories don't deserve a pass. But my point is, at least you're like, That's bad. Affiliations with this guy, bad.

And then here in the United States, of course not. Of course not. We're going to take our first quick break of the show. We will be right back. I will see you shortly. Every new year, we say that we're finally going to launch that thing we've been dreaming about, the idea that's been sitting in our notes app, the skill everyone keeps telling us to turn into a business. But the truth is, taking action is what changes everything. January is short. Don't let February show up with the same old story. If 2026 is the year that you rewrite your future, the most powerful move that you could make is to start your business with Shopify. 2026 is the year that you launch your business, the year you transform into an entrepreneur store, founder, boss. One powerful move puts your future firmly in your hands, starting a business with Shopify. Maybe you've got an idea that you can't shake, a craft everyone tells you to sell, a store you've already designed in your head well Shopify, 2026 is when you finally make it happen. Shopify gives you everything you need to sell online and in person. Millions of entrepreneurs have already made this leap from household names to first-time business owners just getting started.

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And he's never going to stop. He's never going to stop. So with Ukraine, all he's trying to figure out is how he gets Ukraine to fully surrender. And so there aren't really peace talks happening. That's bullshit. What's really happening is Trump trying to work with Putin to simply figure out how you apply the pressure on Zelenskyy in order for Trump to do the economic deal he wants to do with Russia, which we've now learned more details about because Zelenskyy smoked it out in the United Arab Emirates. It's a fake $12 trillion deal when the entire Russian GDP is $2 trillion. And so Donald Trump is now telling Ukraine, there's never going to be a ceasefire between Russia doesn't want to ceasefire, but you need to do a referendum where Zelenskyy has to run for election again, and let's do this election in May. And there's got to be a referendum to Ukrainians about giving up most of Eastern Ukraine to Russia. And you need to do this in May. Zelinsky's point actually is, even though we think that's not prudent, we'll do it if we can have a 30 to 45 day ceasefire so we can at least create the circumstances to make people feel comfortable to show up on an election to do a referendum.

But we need a ceasefire first. Russia says no ceasefire. How are you supposed to negotiate with that? You can't. So what Donald Trump is doing behind the scenes is the pack three missiles that go into the Patriot missile system that Ukraine has. All of a sudden, the US says, There's a shortage. There's a pack three shortage. Sorry. So we're not able to get those anti-air, anti-drone missiles, the anti-ballistic missile systems to you in time. What we've seen is a 33 to 40% increase in Ukrainian civilian deaths since Donald Trump has been in office. Think about that. For all of the I'm strong and Putin wouldn't do this, a 33 to 40% increase in civilian deaths in Ukraine since Trump's been in office. In terms of the Shahid drones, ballistic missiles, and cruise missile strikes, those have increased dramatically as well. I mean, at that same or more percentage, significantly more. Then when it comes to Canada, It's every... Trump cycles through it, and then every 30 days or 20 days, he comes up with a new one. Now a billionaire American family that owns the other It's a private bridge that exists right now called the Ambassador Bridge from Detroit to Ontario.

The Moron family or the Morone family owns a private bridge. They make a ton of money. Just think it. It's a It's a weird thing to think about that the main bridge between the United States and Canada, from Detroit to Ontario, is owned privately by this oligarch family called the Morones. The kid, I think his name Michael or something, he owns it now. He's been always working behind the scenes with Trump in order to kill a bridge project that began many, many years ago to build another bridge that could actually be owned by both Canada and Michigan for the well-being of Canada and Michigan, not a billionaire family. This new bridge, the Gordie-How Bridge, which is set to be open soon, which has actually employed lots of people from Michigan, it's constructed, was fully funded by Canada. I just want you to know what the facts are about this, because Sometimes we move past these stories quickly. It was fully funded by Canada because America wouldn't fund it but wanted it. Then it was going to be recouped. The costs were going to be recouped by Canada the fares. Also, it would be jointly owned by Michigan and by Canada through Ontario.

That was for the benefit of both. Then Trump makes a post saying, Well, China is going to take it over and China is going to steal your ice hockey and China this and China that. It's ridiculous. It's ridiculous. Prime Minister Carny is asked about this today. Let me show you Prime Minister Carny's response when he was asked about, Well, what do you make of Donald Trump's latest threats? Just watch the difference between Carny and the difference between Trump. Let me show you Prime Minister Carny. Pardon me. The first thing to say is there's a big game today. As the President and I discussed the Canada US game, and of course, we're all behind our team. Secondly, we discussed a number of issues, international issues. Thirdly, we discussed the Bridge. I explained that Canada, of course, paid for the construction of the Bridge over $4 billion, that the ownership is shared between the state of Michigan and the government of Canada, and that in the construction of the bridge, obviously, there's Canadian Steel, Canadian workers, but also US Steel, US workers that are involved. This is a great example of cooperation between our countries. Look forward to it opening.

What is particularly important, of course, is the commerce and the tourism and the voyages of Canadians and Americans that will go across that bridge. So the conversation turned to a series of issues that we will raise and we're going to follow up on. I'm not going to go into detail on those issues. These would be specific issues in parallel to the Kuzma negotiations. Final point is the President asked appropriately that his ambassador, who's from Michigan, of course, play a role in smoothing the conversation in and around the bridge. So it was a positive conversation. It's a big game today.. That's all? Yeah, I mean, that's just coming with facts, a fact-based approach. I'm going to read this, and, Jeremy, I'm going I'll send this to you right now. There's some breaking news out of Hungary. The lead candidate to win Hungary's upcoming election against Viktor Orbán. Remember, Orbán, Trump, Putin, all connected. Peter Maghiar says that tomorrow, a sex tape of him with his then-girlfriend is going to be released, hinting at a Russian-style active measure by Viktor Orbán's embattled government. Yes, I'm a 45-year-old man. I have a sex life with an adult partner, Maggie writes.

I have three minor children whom this vile family-friendly regime obviously does not give a damn about. Dear, frightened Fides supporters, go ahead, release everything you have, fabricate whatever you like. I will not yield to blackmail or threats. And so you see what's going on there. And it should be noted as well that in Hungary, one of Orban's big platforms, similar to one of the Trump platforms, which is we're going to get rid of the pedos, and that there's a deep state of pedos out there and you need Orban to get rid of them. Then it turns out that Orban's government, through their juvenile prison system in Budapest, was involved in a massive sex trafficking operation of underage children through their juvenile prison system. Just want you to think about that. And they were covering that up. It's an interesting parallel to think about the script, the playbook of right-wing authoritarians and how they're able to win elections, infect the minds of populations. And I think what's important to note is that Trump is not unique in this. He is a vessel of a broader right-wing authoritarian playbook that uses hate and hypernationalistic language, anti-immigrant language, deep state, woke.

All of that is actually an international playbook that's been adopted by Trump. I'm going to show you how that's connected to the Epstein files in a moment as well. Part of that is they weaponize the reality that there are all these pedos among us. And they say, We know who they are and we're going to stop them. And that's how Trump and MAGA weaponize the Epstein files. That's how Orban weaponized it in his ascent to power. And we see that play out over and over again. And within the files, Epstein is actually a central player in the spread of right-wing authoritarianism. Because part of the playbook is that when you cause mass disruption, That creates financial opportunity for the oligarchs. Now, the oligarchs were using child sex trafficking as their currency to blackmail each other, to interact with each as the entry fee. It's sick and disgusting to think about it like that, but that was part of it. But then they also were using a playbook and exchanging tips. Epstein in the messages, is a middleman in exchanging the tips. When you see the messages between him and Banon, you have Epstein saying to Banon, Man, I don't like that Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil.

So I think in 2018 or 2017, was saying all these negative things about you. Make Banon great again. He should be wearing the make Banon great again hat. Banon's like, My power stems from the fact that nobody knows what I'm doing behind the scenes. I get my power by people thinking I don't have the power. The deep state, right? And then they project that concept onto everybody else, that which they are doing. So when you read the files and when I talk about an Epstein class, this is what I'm referring to, play out. And all of this stuff is connected, not in a conspiratorial lens, but in the reality. Let's go back to the hearing from earlier today with Lutnik. Van Haalen asks another question. Why do the Epstein files show you coordinating meetings with Epstein in 2012. Let's watch what Howard Lutnik says in response to this. Let's play it. Secretary Lutnik, as I said in my opening statement, you led people to believe that you had cut off all contact with Jeffrey Epstein after the 2005 encounter you and your wife had in his apartment. But as I'm sure you know, the Epstein files show a very different record of interaction.

Why did the Epstein files show you coordinating a meeting and planning a visit with Jeffrey Epstein on his private island in December 2012? Thank you for the question. I'm glad to be here to make it clear that I met Jeffrey Epstein when I moved to a house next door to him in New I met him then. Over the next 14 years, I met him two other times that I can recall. Two times, and that is none for six years. So six years later, I met him. Then a year and a half after that, I met him, and never again. Probably the total, and you've seen all of these documents, of these millions and millions of documents, there may be 10 emails connecting me with him, probably about 10 emails connecting me with him over a 14-year period. I did not have any relationship with him. I barely had anything to do with that person. Okay. Secretary Lutnik. I want to next share with you another hearing taking place. And this other hearing is with Todd Lyons, the acting head of ICE. So if you want to see what this predator class, this Epstein class, looks like in theory as well, you had Lutnik in the Senate, and then you had Todd Lyons testifying before the House.

Todd Lyons was cross-examined by Democratic Congress member Dan Goldman. Do you realize that when you're requiring proof of citizenship, what other types of countries did that? Here, play this clip. Now, you are aware, of course, and there's numerous well-documented instances of people, American citizens, being asked to show and prove their citizenship. Do you know what other regimes in the 20th century required similar proof of citizenship? Yes, sir. What? Sir, there was various nefarious regimes that did that. Is Nazi Germany one? Yes, Is the Soviet Union one? I honestly- Sir, I'm asking the question, is the Soviet Union one? Yes, sir, but I totally... This is the wrong type of question that you should answer me. No, I'll tell you what the wrong type of thing is. But actually, sir, it's the Holocaust Museum is not a 14th in Independence. Reclaiming my Mr. Chairman, sir. Reclaiming my time, Mr. Chairman- That's what it is. It's not the men and women of vice that are out there doing it every day. So to say it to men and women of vice- Mr. Chairman, I'm reclaiming my time. I would like my time back, please. Please give me another 15 seconds because he was unnecessarily speaking speaking.

You said in your open-I'll show you another clip right here where Lyons claims that they don't request citizenship anyway. So what are we even talking about here? Let's play this other clip of Lyons. Five minutes of questions. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Lyons, what guidance have you given to your agents about asking people walking on the streets of America to show proof of citizenship? Sir, as I stated earlier, the men and women advice, deportation office special agents. We conduct target intelligence-driven operation. We don't walk around on the street asking people about their American citizenship. Really? So all of those individual American citizens who have been randomly asked are lying. Is that what you're saying? Sir, if the men and women of ICE are conducting an investigation, whether it be for title 8 immigration enforcement or title 18 criminal enforcement, they'll ask them on their nationality. Right. But that's not targeted because they're asking all sorts of American citizens, including off law enforcement. Now, have you directed an- Next, you have Congress member Swalwell cross-examining Lyons about how many ICE agents have been fired. None. How many ICE agents have been fired for their conduct under your leadership?

Sir, I can get you that data. I'll get that back to you. Is it more than one? I'm not going to speak about personnel actions, but I'll get you that data. Can you tell us if at least, God, I hope at least one person has been fired for their conduct since these operations have begun? Are you telling us you can't even say one person has been fired? Sir, I'm not going to talk about personnel actions, but we will get back to you. But two people have been killed so far. Is that right? A nurse named Pretty and a mom named Good. Two people have been killed so far. Yes, sir. Next, he's asked by Congress member Kennedy if he would commit to unmasking the agents. Let's play this clip. Will you commit, yes or no, to immediately unmasking asking every agent conducting immigration enforcement and requiring them to wear standard uniforms with identifiable badges? No. Well, that's a sad response. Your answer is completely unacceptable. People who are proud of what they do aren't hiding their identity. We're a nation of laws, and you, your boss, Secretary Noem, and Donald Trump are not above the law.

Now let me show you, finally, the tactic of fascism, the projection. Accuse the other of that which you are covering up and/or involved in. So today's big theme with the MAGA Republicans is to say, We're out here to get the pedophiles, the rapists, and the murderers. So here's MAGA Republican Congress member Tom Emmer saying that. Let's play it. Tom's got to Pedophiles, rapists, murderers, and drug traffickers. These are just a few of the criminal illegal aliens that the brave men and women of immigration and customs enforcement have taken off the streets of Minneapolis in the recent months and weeks. Okay, let's take a look at what Congresswoman McLean said. Let's play our clip. We got Congresswoman McLean. Then let's also show you what Caroline Levet had to say. Let's play the Caroline Levet clip. Why Aren't more people outraged? I don't get it. I got to share with you. I don't get it. These folks are monsters. They're criminals. They murder. They sexually assault young women, minors, and You know what the Democrats want to do? Let's release them into your communities and let's celebrate the criminals. Let's villainize the ICE agents and celebrate the people who are raping your children.

That is crazy. It is not. Let me correct the record. Number one, the Trump administration has been clear from day one that any illegal alien present in this country is subject to deportation. However, the priority, of course, is going after the convicted criminals, the worst of the worst, the murderers, the pedophiles, the rapists in this country. Interestingly, in the-Now, I just show you that so you understand the tactics. So you understand that they do that, right? Then they have their state regime media, Fox, CBS, Corporate News. Boom, flood the zone with that. Local news, Sinclair, All of those local networks which are owned by right wing oligarchs. And so when people get their local news, they get all of that pushed to them. And they don't necessarily hear all of this stuff. Now they do because of the scale and scope of the Midas Touch Network and our growth. But that's their game plan. That's how they coordinate this, and that's how they push it out. And then they go, what this is really about is we're going after the pedos. It's connected to what I said before. It's right out of a broader international, it's international, international Epstein class playbook that pushes And so the question is, is that how do you fight against an international Epstein class of Trumps, and Orbans, and Le Pen's and Farages, and Jair Bolsonaro's, and Bukele's, and people like that.

How do you push back against it? Well, first, people would be very naive to not recognize it's on the scale and scope of that I'm describing. The moment you buy in to the gamified politics of who's up this day, who's up that day, and the day-to-day drama, which is okay But unless you recognize the broader game that's being played internationally, then you are not going to be able to rebut it or to fight it. But you You see, you're never going to be able to defeat the international Epstein class and the broader movement of authoritarian and fascism with the Putins, the Trumps, the Orbans, all of those people that I'm mentioning. And by the way, the MAGA-Maple movement that was trying to form and still exists in Canada, the MAGA movement that was trying to form in Australia and these other areas that were pushed back last year during elections there. But the way you have to stop it, though, is also at a macro level than at a surgical level. The macro level is big ideas are going to beat these big bad ideas. And that's why I talk about love and empathy and community and inclusiveness, and that diversity is a good thing.

Because if your fracture on the big macro picture of the direction of the world, you're going to be bulldozed over by these broader bad forces that are pushing down people. So the only The only way to fight it is to recognize that love and empathy and democracy and broader values need to unite internationally. If it's not an internationally arm-blocked movement, you're not going to stop. It's impossible. It's impossible to stop it. It's one of the things that the Epstein files revealed is what's actually at play, the real deep state internationally working behind the scenes. Epstein was a middleman in that with lots of other individuals, brokering, right-wing authoritarianism, disruption equals money to them, Trump as a vessel for that. Do you see what's happening here? Sex trafficking the currency for these despicable evil predators. We have to push back on it with love and empathy and truth and honesty and integrity and all of these things and push back in that direction. Now, on the surgical level, we still have to go through our reps every day. I got to wake up at 4 AM in the morning. I got to do my videos. I got to do my 5: 30, my 7: 00, my 8: 30.

I got to write my sub stack post at minusplus. Com. I got to build out other YouTube channels. I got to continue the growth. I got to help other independent media creators. You We have to still do the blocking and tackling every day that we're going to do here. That's never going to stop. But if you don't recognize those broader forces, then you don't really know what's going on. That's what's happening, and we need to stop it. It's existential, and we have to reflect on what it is. Part of not being able to stop it was not being able to diagnose what this thing even That's why, to me, one of the biggest commitments here is international expansion right now. That's vital because this is an international tsunami of fascism and Epstein. We have to tsunami them back. Just the day-to-day media shit is not going to do it. Anyway, that's my final reflection right now that I'll leave you with right here. We're on our way to 6 million subscribers. So double check that you're actually subscribed and help us get to 6 million. You may think you're subscribed, but you may not actually be subscribed.

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