A MAGA Attorney Hired Epstein’s Lawyer for His ‘Valuable’ Experience

In the summer of 2022, Donald Trump badly needed criminal-defense lawyers. Tim Parlatore, who was already working for the former president on an unrelated civil matter, joined the team defending Trump after an FBI search found classified government documents stored at his Florida estate. Parlatore had represented prominent Trump allies in their interactions with the congressional committee investigating the January 6 attacks; that was helpful, because Trump also faced charges stemming from the riot. Parlatore was a star lawyer in Trump world, so it’s more than a little surprising that,…

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They Aren’t Alright

A few weeks ago, press outlets globally ran a horrific story about Israel shooting at starving Palestinians trying to get food. The story was not true. Before the press began retracting it, a man in Colorado attacked several Jews, killing, among others, a Holocaust survivor. Earlier this week, the New York Times, on its front page, showed a malnourished toddler starved to death by Israel. The picture came with growing claims of genocide in Gaza. The Times was not alone in showing the picture of the dead toddler. Later, on…

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MoveOn Announces Katie Bethell as New Executive Director

Advocate for Working Families Takes Helm of Leading Progressive Organization For additional media inquiries please contact press@moveon.org WASHINGTON – Today, MoveOn announces that Katie Bethell, a nationally recognized advocate for working families, is joining the organization as its next executive director. Bethell joins MoveOn Civic Action and MoveOn Political Action after decades of experience as a leader in the progressive movement, notably through her time at WorkMoney, Paid Leave for the United States (PL+US), Change.org, and MomsRising. MoveOn welcomes the people-first champion taking the helm at a time when President…

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Lawmakers push to eliminate TRICARE premiums for dependents under 26

A bipartisan group of congressional lawmakers wants to bring TRICARE in line with most civilian health insurance plans by allowing military dependents to remain on their parents’ coverage until age 26 without paying additional premiums. The legislation, dubbed the “Health Care Fairness for Military Families Act,” aims to align TRICARE eligibility with the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which requires most civilian insurance plans to cover dependents until they turn 26 at no extra cost. The bill has bipartisan support in both the House and the Senate. Under current TRICARE rules,…

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The FBI’s Leaders ‘Have No Idea What They’re Doing’

Michael Feinberg had not been planning to leave the FBI. But on May 31, he received a phone call from his boss asking him about a personal friendship with a former FBI agent who was known for criticizing President Donald Trump. Feinberg, an assistant special agent in charge at the FBI’s field office in Norfolk, Virginia, realized right away that he was in the crosshairs of the bureau’s leadership at an unusually chaotic time. If his 15-year career at the bureau was coming to an end, he wanted to depart…

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