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From  BBC News:
Millions of new files relating to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein have been released by the US Department of Justice (DOJ), the largest number of documents shared by the government since a law mandated their release last year.
Among other things, the tranche reveals how Epstein’s 2008 conviction and prison sentence did not result in his social ostracism from various elite circles, and this is the primary media angle: “takeaways” highlighted by the BBC include “Epstein invited...

From the Daily Mail:
An alleged fantasist has been charged with perverting the course of justice ten years after accusing various politicians of raping her.
Esther Baker, 43, made allegedly ‘malicious’ claims of child sexual abuse at a time of national hysteria following the launch of Scotland Yard’s disastrous VIP child abuse probe, Operation Midland....

From the Christian Post:
The Rev. Douglas Wilson, who serves as senior pastor at Christ Church (CREC) in Moscow, Idaho, rebuked conservative podcaster Candace Owens [1] during Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest in Phoenix, Arizona, last week, and explained the various Christian...

From Lord Cruddas on Twitter/X, in September:
I tried to do this for the @Conservatives via the Conservative Democratic Organisation (CDO) to bring more democracy to the party with elected officials to stop the disenfranchisement of our members. CCHQ were not interested in giving up their grip on...