A New Mexico investigative commission claims at least 35 women and girls were likely abused at Jeffrey Epstein's sprawling desert ranch, and the state is now suing the Justice Department for allegedly stonewalling the investigation. The New Mexico Survivor's Truth Commission released a 119-page preliminary report detailing years of alleged sexual abuse at Epstein's Zorro […] The post New Mexico commission identifies at least 35 likely victims at Epstein's Zorro Ranch, sues DOJ for blocking probe appeared first on American Almanac .
A New Mexico investigative commission claims at least 35 women and girls were likely abused at Jeffrey Epstein's sprawling desert ranch, and the state is now suing the Justice Department for allegedly stonewalling the investigation. The New Mexico Survivor's Truth Commission released a 119-page preliminary report detailing years of alleged sexual abuse at Epstein's Zorro Ranch, a 7,500-acre compound near Santa Fe. On the same day, New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez filed a federal lawsuit in Washington, D.C., against the Department of Justice and acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, accusing the federal government of blocking the state's criminal investigation into what happened on the property. The twin actions, the report and…Open
At the beginning of the Iraq War, David Frum published an article in National Review entitled “Unpatriotic Conservatives,” attacking those on the right opposed to the war—including the founders of this magazine, Patrick J. Buchanan, Scott McConnell, and Taki Theodoracopulos. Almost a quarter-century later, Frum’s arguments stand out as particularly lazy and dishonest smears. Almost […] The post ‘Unpatriotic Conservatives’ Redux appeared first on The American Conservative .
Politics ‘Unpatriotic Conservatives’ Redux The Iran War is bringing back some of the lowest forms of intellectual dishonesty. At the beginning of the Iraq War, David Frum published an article in National Review entitled “Unpatriotic Conservatives ,” attacking those on the right opposed to the war—including the founders of this magazine, Patrick J. Buchanan, Scott McConnell, and Taki Theodoracopulos. Almost a quarter-century later, Frum’s arguments stand out as particularly lazy and dishonest smears. Almost everyone acknowledges that the Iraq War was a mistake sold to the American people on false pretenses, directly…Open
Christian Parenti joins The Grayzone’s Max Blumenthal to discuss the revolutionary life and legacy of his father, the dissident political scientist Michael Parenti, who died on January 24, 2026 at age 92.
Christian details how his father emerged from a working class family in East Harlem to become one of the country’s most outspoken Marxists, unapologetically defending socialist states across the globe while facing professional blacklisting and CIA surveillance. He surveys Michael Parenti’s major works, from “Democracy for the Few” to his groundbreaking study of corporate media, “Inventing Reality,” along with “To Kill A Nation,” which dismantled the Western propaganda deployed to justify NATO’s destruction of Yugoslavia. They also discuss his clash with fellow leftists Noam Chomsky and Alexander Cockburn, who glibly dismissed theories about a US intelligence role in JFK’s assassination. While Michael Parenti…Open