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Nick Fuentes JD Vance Scandal Got Worse & House Votes To Release Epstein Files, BUT There's a Catch

2025-11-18 Entertainment
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House Release of Epstein Files Signals Political Conflict Amid Major News Interruptions

Discover the political fallout when Congress released the Epstein files, analyze Senator JD Vance's defense of an aide linked to Nick Fuentes, and review the massive Cloudflare internet outage impact.

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  • The House overwhelmingly passed a bill to release long-sealed Jeffrey Epstein documents, despite internal GOP conflict over Trump's shifting stance.
  • Senator JD Vance drew significant backlash for aggressively defending Tucker Carlson's son/staffer, Buckley, following posts supporting white nationalist Nick Fuentes.
  • A major Cloudflare outage briefly crippled 20% of the internet, highlighting infrastructure fragility just before news broke of a $500K settlement in a Missouri dog shooting case.
  • The UN Security Council approved a US-backed ceasefire framework for Gaza, largely based on a plan announced by Donald Trump.

This episode covers intense political maneuvering surrounding the Epstein files, where survivors expressed skepticism toward President Trump despite his promise to sign the release bill. Secondly, it dives into the escalating internal Republican conflict involving JD Vance defending his staffer against accusations linking back to Tucker Carlson and Nick Fuentes. Finally, we examine major non-political news, including a significant internet outage and a tragic settlement involving police use of force.

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Top Comments (10)

@Nxluda 2025-11-18

I'm no clinical psychologist. But to kill an animal like that feels like a red flag for a psychopath.

3.4k 74 replies
@xIchikageKirax 2025-11-18

"I am traumatized, I am not stupid." As someone who has also been.... harmed by others, that hit real deep.

2.7k 44 replies
@Zo3yX 2025-11-18

The WORST part of the dog story is knowing without a shadow of a doubt that cop will just move a county or two over and continue to put us as citizens as risk as they "do their job"

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@DemonDrummer 2025-11-18

Dog story: If that cop isn't fired and sued to oblivion I'll be shocked. He needs to be publicly shamed to no end at the very least.

1.7k 133 replies
@lyledeporiss5937 2025-11-19

THEY VIEWED THAT FOOTAGE AND DEEMED IT JUSTIFIED??? my god. fire everyone. fire them all. never let them hold a position of power, decision, or governance ever again

625 20 replies
@Zei33 2025-11-18

17:00 that cop is a psychopath. He should not have a gun. He just got frustrated with it and decided to put it down. Ridiculous, nut job.

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@ShaneTheBane 2025-11-18

"left the department" doesn't mean fired. That can easily mean transferred to a different police force. Nah, that officer needs fired, if not charges pressed against him

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@DrkTrenches 2025-11-19

For a police K9 its 3 to 10 years in prison, 10-25k fine, but for our pets? No justice? I call BS, something Federally needs to be done for our companions #Justice4Teddy

184 4 replies
@PhilipDeFranco 2025-11-18

Thanks to Zocdoc for sponsoring today's show! https://spon.so/0141_ZOCDOC

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@jellybean358 2025-11-19

South Africa was the first country to formally accuse Israel of genocide in the International Court of Justice. It really seems like Israel is just trying to get back at us for standing up against them. Flying refugees across the entire African continent? Not economical or practical, this was them sending a message.

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