Trump and the Epstein files scandal has become a perfect case study in the risks of fanning the flames of conspiracy theories. Trump spent years urging the release of the files. But now that it's become clear that his name reportedly appears in them, that's the last thing he wants, even at the risk of angering his own MAGA base.So now Trump is stuck in a lose-lose situation of his own making. keep the Epstein files hidden and allow conspiracy theories to thrive or release the files and risk even more politi ...

New today, some conservative influencers are celebrating the Trump DOJ's approach to Glenn Maxwell as an effort to appear more transparent. They are hoping that she has inside knowledge that would help law enforcement bring untold elites to justice. And back with me are Mark Leovich, Alexi Mccame, and Barbara Mcuade. So Mark, how much of this is being driven by conspiracy theories? And how does Trump manage expectations set by himself and members of his own administration? >> Well, I mean, they've already s ...

Joining me now, Michael Hardaway, former communications director for Congressman Hakeem Jeff and Brendan Buck, MSNBC political analyst and former press secretary for Paul Ryan and John Boehner. Gentlemen, thanks for being here on a Saturday in the summer. Michael, we'll start with you.What's your take on ads like this, especially targeting what appears to be MAGA voters. Well, it's brilliant for one reason. Those MAGA voters are never going to vote Democratic, but that's not the point.The idea is to make th ...

Venona proved there really was a communist conspiracy to infiltrate the US government.Though even that is an understatement, as there were bidirectional sympathies between the progressives in America and the communists in Russia.https://t.co/h2YJmVunJQ https://t.co/zQ6WXWisxP ...

Susan Glasser, it comes against the backdrop of the thing that has consumed Washington for weeks now. The very focus of your piece here in the New Yorker, which is on the continued fallout from the Jeffrey Epstein case files. It's titled, "Trump redefineses the Washington scandal." And in you write in part, quote, "The scandal is not the revelation that Trump was friends with a sexual monster who exploited underage women since that's not a revelation. Nor is it that the president lied to the American public ...

We all know the Epstein Files has a lot of Trump voters absolutely fuming. I'm going to go throw up. Actually, turns out the president's inhumane immigration policies, radical tariffs, and military activity in the Middle East were all not enough for the MAGA faithful to fall out of love with their leader.It was the Epstein files that was the straw that broke the camel's back. President Trump was elected primarily to go after the deep state. We want to go after the deep state.is it seems like you think your ...

RT Free Speech America (@FreeSpeechAmer)🚨 DNI @TulsiGabbard releases memo destroying the Russiagate conspiracy theory and why Big Tech could never supply enough evidencehttps://t.co/PcBEGB5oRy ...

How Epstein case is tearing apart Maga's online conspiracy wing https://t.co/k6V7gDCHmm ...

Why should you pay any attention to Jeffrey Epstein conspiracy theories? There are reasons why a rational sceptic should spend a few minutes thinking conspiratorially https://t.co/ZtVJ23w2Y5 ...

Joining us now, Wired, senior writer and author of Wired's newsletter, Inner Loop, Jake Lut, senior reporter for The Bull Work and author of Trust the Plan: The Rise of Qanon and the Conspiracy that reshaped the world, Will Summer, and senior editor at The Atlantic and host of Radio Atlantic, Hana Rosen. Jake, they have all the evidence. They could just come out and say, "Yeah, yeah, Donald Trump's in it, but it's a nothing burger. He's in address books. he's mentioned um as somebody who lives in Palm Beach ...