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BREAKING 🚨 The House Oversight Committee has released a report on the federal government’s mishandling of the Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell criminal investigations: The consensus of EVERY witness examined before the Committee was that President Trump was not involved in any crimes committed by Epstein and Maxwell. According to the committee, the U.S. and foreign government authorities failed to identify indicators of human trafficking and immigration fraud. Institutions such as American Express enabled this activity, with company agents allowing Epstein to use fraudulent decoy flights and refundable or dummy itineraries to transport foreign women across borders directly to his residences. The committee suggests that Congress should pass the Survivor’s Voice Protection Act (H.R. 10389), introduced by Chairman Comer, to ensure witnesses and survivors of sexual crimes are not deterred from speaking freely by nondisclosure agreements.

🤯 New Ohio Rep, Don Leonard (D) blows the whistle on the dirty Dems. https://x.com/donwinslow/status/2120173460978901008 🎱@MagicEightBallRedux.

💥💥💥 Poland's defense minister said Tuesday that the Pentagon had given a “green light” to plans for a permanent U.S. military base in the country, with President Donald Trump expected to make a final decision in early December. Speaking after talks with U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in Washington, Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz said his American counterpart told him that “everything is moving in the right direction.” “We interpret that as a green light from the Pentagon,” he said. The project has not yet received formal U.S. approval. The Pentagon’s own account stopped short of endorsing the base or confirming the December timetable, but acknowledged ongoing talks about strengthening the permanent U.S. military presence in Poland. Hegseth praised Poland’s military buildup, calling its army “one of the most formidable” in Europe. He also pushed for European NATO allies to take greater responsibility for their own defense, potentially allowing Washington to reduce its troop presence on the continent. Poland already hosts thousands of American troops, largely on rotating deployments. But Warsaw is pushing for a permanent base as the Pentagon reviews its military presence across Europe, with other NATO allies fearing Trump could withdraw thousands more troops. The review is expected to conclude by December. Read More [HERE] |🎱@MagicEightBallRedux.

💥💥💥: Sen. Bernie Sandars (I-VT) announces he will NOT vote for Sen. Chuck Schumer as Democrat's Senate Majority Leader. “The time is now for change and I will not be supporting Chuck to be reelected as the Democratic Leader.” 🎱@MagicEightBallRedux.

💥💥💥 House Republicans on Tuesday selected Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, to lead Republican lawmakers in the minority in the next Congress. ORDAN: 106 SCALISE: 73 🎱@MagicEightBallRedux.

BIG: A Western intelligence estimate cited by Bloomberg says Iran can still produce about 50 ballistic missiles a month, roughly half its prewar rate, and likely has at least 1,700 ballistic missiles in its arsenal. READ MORE

A federal judge took sharp aim at FBI Director Kash Patel on Tuesday, ruling in favor of The Atlantic and freezing most discovery in his defamation lawsuit against the publication. The ruling shields The Atlantic from potentially intrusive demands for its reporting materials and confidential sources while the court weighs dismissing the case entirely. "Plaintiff misrepresents Defendants' argument, the court's reasoning in Moldea, and the standard applicable in this District," U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan wrote in his 16-page ruling. "The Court concludes that discovery should be stayed at this juncture because of Defendants' legitimate First Amendment concerns and because discovery may be unnecessary," Sullivan wrote. Patel sued The Atlantic after the magazine reported in April that he allegedly drinks excessively and is sometimes unavailable or difficult for his staff to wake because he was seemingly intoxicated. The story also alleged that Patel had grown increasingly worried about losing his job. Patel denied the reporting and sued the publication shortly after the story aired. Read More [HERE] 🎱@MagicEightBallRedux.

ℕ𝔼𝕆ℕ ℝ𝔼𝕍𝕆𝕃𝕋 In control of what, exactly? The House? The Senate? Get the social media intern Susie Wiles hired away from the White House's social media accounts. "Hey MAGATards! Remember how you spent the last two years cheering every idiotic decision we made, instead of holding us accountable and demanding tangible results that impact your daily lives, while absolving us of responsibility, which ultimately lead to a generational loss that may jeopardize the composition of the Supreme Court and lock out a Conservative majority for the next 30 years? Do more of that, please! It's easier than having to think about the fallout and repercussions of everything." I swear.... 🤦🤦🤦🤦 https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2120192282070540766 🎱@MagicEightBallRedux.

EU approves its first military mission presence inside Ukraine Training will shift toward frontline combat lessons as the EU secures full funding to modernize two Ukrainian training centers. In brief: European Union (EU) member states agreed on Monday, Nov. 9, to extend their military training mission for Ukraine to Nov. 15, 2028. The programme will be backed with nearly €300 million ($335 million) in fresh funding. For the first time since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale war, Brussels will set up the European Union Military Assistance Mission in support of Ukraine (EUMAM), with the training also leaning more on what Ukrainian military personnel had already learned at the frontline. Launched in 2022 by Kyiv’s request, the mission has so far trained over 100,000 Ukrainian soldiers. ..... Brussels has extended its military training program for Ukraine by two years, while also approving its first presence on Ukrainian soil as it aims to align its courses more closely with conditions on the frontline. The Council of the EU adopted the decision on Monday, Nov. 9. The European Union Military Assistance Mission in support of Ukraine (EUMAM) will be prolonged until Nov. 15, 2028, with nearly €300 million ($335 million) set aside in fresh funding for that period. Since its launch in 2022 at Kyiv’s request, EUMAM has trained Ukrainian military personnel, but only on EU soil. Experience that Ukraine’s Defense Forces have gained in direct combat will now play a larger role in the curriculum, while the mission will put more emphasis on building up military training that supports Ukraine’s own defense priorities. Read More [HERE] 🎱@MagicEightBallRedux.

💥💥💥 Republicans on the House Oversight Committee released the final report Tuesday on the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein and the federal government's handling of the criminal case against the late financier.  The report found that President Donald Trump was not implicated in Epstein's sex trafficking operation, and his abuse continued for years because of repeated failures of law enforcement and federal prosecutors. Republicans on the House Oversight Committee released a report Tuesday morning wrapping up their 15-month investigation into Jeffrey Epstein and how the federal government handled the criminal case against him. Among their findings: President Donald Trump was not implicated in Epstein’s sex trafficking operation; Epstein’s abuse of young women and girls continued for years because of repeated failures from law enforcement and federal prosecutors; and the Justice Department failed to “adequately communicate” around the public release of the so-called Epstein files. “Epstein operated with impunity, shielded and enabled by powerful connections and a justice system that repeatedly failed his victims,” Oversight Chair James Comer of Kentucky, who will step down as the top Republican on the panel in January due to GOP Conference term limit rules, said in a statement. “Governments at every level and powerful institutions must meet their legal obligations to identify these crimes, stop perpetrators, and deliver justice for survivors.” The 136-page report notes that the “the Committee’s investigation was prompted by the decades-long failures of individuals and institutions charged with protecting vulnerable survivors and holding powerful offenders accountable” — though it was actually compelled to launch an inquiry after Oversight Committee members voted in July 2025 to force the panel to subpoena Epstein documents DOJ was at that point continuing to withhold. From there, the committee went on to interview some of the most powerful individuals within Epstein’s business, financial or social orbit, including Bill and Hillary Clinton, Bill Gates, Leon Black and Les Wexner. Members also had a chance to question Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and ex-Attorney General Pam Bondi. [HERE] is the Report Read More [HERE] 🗂 @EpsteinUnsealed

⚡️🇺🇸🇪🇺🇺🇦🇷🇺 POLITICO: U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are pressing Moscow to let European representatives join the next round of talks on ending Russia’s war in Ukraine. Washington wants this week’s U.S.–Russia–Ukraine meeting in Abu Dhabi, the first in that format since February, to be the last without Europe at the table. The U.S. envoys are expected to consult European officials separately because Russia objects to their participation in the main talks. The talks are set to cover security guarantees for Ukraine and territorial disputes. European governments have yet to agree on who would represent them and are expected to discuss the issue at an informal EU summit in Dublin later this week. @wfwitness

Eight Republican senators now are calling for their leadership elections to be delayed — with one even promising to walk out rather than vote Tuesday. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) is still expected to be reelected to lead the Senate GOP tomorrow. But the growing push to delay is a sign of troubles ahead. Senate Republicans spent roughly two hours behind closed doors hashing out their path forward. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wisc.) led much of the conversation, arguing for a delay in the leadership elections and demanding an aggressive lame duck schedule, senators told Axios. Some senators also discussed their election losses, including Sen. Jon Husted (R-Ohio) and Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine). Both were ousted last week. They will resume the discussion at 2pm ET, where leadership votes — and motions to delay leadership elections — are expected. Read More [HERE] 🎱@MagicEightBallRedux.

🧵 Brian Ballard has issued a statement denying allegations that his lobbying firm improperly influenced the Trump administration on glyphosate and flavored vapes. Unfortunately for Ballard, his own federal lobbying disclosures paint a rather inconvenient picture. First, glyphosate. Ballard insists that nobody at his firm contacted Susie Wiles or her West Wing colleagues regarding Trump’s executive order on glyphosate. What he conveniently neglects to mention is that Bayer, the corporation that owns Monsanto and manufactures Roundup, paid Ballard Partners $90,000 per quarter to lobby on agricultural and environmental policy. In the first quarter of 2026, the very quarter Trump signed an executive order protecting domestic glyphosate production, Ballard’s federal disclosure explicitly identified the White House Office as a lobbying target. The registered lobbyists included Brian Ballard himself. The same lobbying relationship existed in the preceding quarter. The Filing: [LINK] Now, the vaping industry. Ballard claims his firm’s White House lobbying concerned stopping illegal Chinese vapes, not securing authorization for fruit-flavored products. Yet his firm’s third-quarter disclosure reports $210,000 from RAI Services, affiliated with tobacco giant Reynolds American, for lobbying that included FDA regulatory reform and a harm-reduction approach to tobacco regulation. Once again, the White House Office is explicitly identified. Here’s that disclosure, too: [LINK] And the story gets considerably more interesting. On April 30, 2026, Reynolds American donated $5 MILLION to Trump’s MAGA Inc. super PAC. Two days later, Reynolds executives and Ballard lobbyists, including Brian Ballard himself, reportedly met Trump at his Florida golf club to complain about FDA regulation. Within six days, the FDA issued new guidance easing enforcement against certain flavored vaping products. That sequence was documented by the New York Times and subsequently examined by the Senate Finance Committee. Read the Full 🧵 [HERE] 🎱@MagicEightBallRedux.

Unusually High Number of Suicides at NSA Prompts Scrutiny At least 11 people working for the NSA and U.S. Cyber Command died by suicide in 2026, leading White House staff and congressional committees to seek answers. READ MORE

💡💡💡 The Russian, US and Ukrainian delegations concluded their first day of talks in Abu Dhabi, which lasted 4.5 hours, including a break of about 40 minutes, a TASS correspondent reported. TASS has summed up the results of the first day of talks. About the talks The meeting began at around 11:15 a.m. Moscow time (8:15 a.m. GMT). The Russian and Ukrainian delegations used Russian to talks to each other, a source told TASS. The talks lasted for 4.5 hours, including a 40-minute break. Contacts will continue on November 11, a source said. The Russian delegation is led by presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky, the Ukrainian delegation - by Foreign Intelligence Service chief Rustem Umerov. US negotiators Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, as well as NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander Europe General Alexus Grynkewich and UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan were sitting at the negotiating table in Abu Dhabi as talks commenced. Despite the statements made by French officials, there were no European representatives at the negotiations. Negotiation topics Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said earlier that the talks will focus on security guarantees. A source told TASS that the talks will address the creation of a new continental security system for the post-conflict period. Participants will focus on developing mechanisms to prevent threats and strengthening regional stability, the source said. According to the source, the settlement of the Ukrainian conflict, which is a critically important issue, is just one item in the broad discussion, subordinate to the main goal of creating a comprehensive and indivisible security architecture for the entire continent. Read More [HERE] 🎱@MagicEightBallRedux.

Noticing a pattern here🤔

💥💥‼️‼️‼️ Larry Johnson: Nuclear War Averted? The Secret US–Iran Deal Terms | TP Exclusive Larry Johnson on what Moscow and Tehran discussed, and our source’s terms for a tentative US–Iran deal. BREAKING NEWS · TP EXCLUSIVE: Nuclear war averted? Our source has the terms of the secret US–Iran deal. Larry Johnson says Moscow and Tehran discussed what each would do after a US or Israeli nuclear strike on Iran. Now TP’s source — who heard Putin’s call with Mohsen Rezaei — says the two sides have reached a tentative agreement not to escalate. Washington releases $8 billion through Qatar and lifts its naval blockade, and only then does Iran reopen the Strait of Hormuz. — 09:07 The brink: what Moscow and Tehran discussed, according to Larry Johnson. — 14:24 Our source: in the room for Putin’s call with Rezaei. — 17:03 The terms: $8 billion, the blockade, then Hormuz — the nuclear file last. What you’ll learn: how close this came, in Larry Johnson’s account · the terms of the secret deal, from a source inside the talks · why Washington moved — the Gulf’s refusal, Moscow’s signal, the midterms · when the USS Theodore Roosevelt arrives and what could still break the deal · why oil, diesel and helium stay short for two years even with peace. ✡ @JewTruthArchive

🏓 President Trump said Monday that a renewed military campaign against Iran is "quite unlikely" and "doesn't seem to be necessary." Trump stopped short of saying the war was over, but his comments on Truth Social and at an impromptu press conference were the most forward-leaning in that direction since February. Trump made his comments less than a week after conceding that the war was one of the reasons for the Republican defeat in the midterm elections. ✡@JewTruthArchive

Not to troon out, but this literally reads as 'no amnesty, but we're considering a partial amnesty, we'll see what happens' 'We want to get the worst of the worst and then we'll see what happens. They came in illegally, many of them have good jobs now, they're productive; some of them are even paying taxes, and we're seeing what's going to happen — there won't be amnesty, somebody suggested will there be amnesty... no. But they came in, they knew the law, and we're working with a lot of different groups to see whether or not but my policy hasn't changed' Is it just the sheer size of the illegal population that prevents him from saying 'we're going to deport every illegal' as it sounds 'scary' or something? This was the case in Britain until the last 2 years and now if you don't pledge to explicitly deport every illegal you'd just be laughed out of right wing politics. I'm just a neutral observer who wants the best for Americans, but both sides just seem to take what they want to hear from Trump and dismiss the rest as 'he just says stuff'. My only takeaway is that he's saying both yes and no to partial (no one is suggesting total) amnesty here and that the way he speaks is the reason so few people trust him by now https://x.com/ZoomerHistorian/status/2119920986594148482 🎱@MagicEightBallRedux.