“In the gut-wrenching footage in the aftermath of Bashar al-Assad’s fall in Syria, children, the elderly, women and men sprint toward the exit of the notorious Sednaya Prison on the outskirts of Damascus — some stand frozen in confusion at the news of their freedom,” Bloomberg reports.
“The Assads notoriously used the prison system to lock up political dissidents, from leftists to suspected Islamists — but the rebels who overthrew the government over the weekend have opened the gates.
Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) was interviewed on CNN by Jake Tapper about Pete Hegseth’s nomination to be Defense Secretary:
TAPPER: When you’re talking about drinking at ten in the morning, that’s a drinking problem.
MULLIN: Well, then there’s a lot of politicians that have a drinking problem… and there’s probably a lot of media that has a drinking problem too.
The Guardian: “As Donald Trump gathered his supporters, family and friends at Mar-a-Lago on U. S. election day last month to wait for the results to trickle in, a small group of far-right Germans went largely unnoticed.”
“Among them was the purported semi-professional, one-time porn actor, self-confessed former cocaine user, convicted thief and hard-right candidate for the German parliament Phillipp-Anders Rau.
Wall Street Journal: “Dr. Janette Nesheiwat, Trump’s pick for surgeon general, sells her own line of vitamins. Kash Patel, Trump’s choice to lead the Federal Bureau of Investigation, recommended pills on Truth Social in February that he said could ‘rid your body of the harms’ from Covid-19 vaccines.”
“Mehmet Oz, the TV personality whom Trump named to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, promotes supplements sold by online retailer iHerb.
“Pete Hegseth’s attorney has threatened legal action against a woman who accused President-elect Donald Trump’s selection for defense secretary of sexual assault — if she repeats what he calls ‘false’ claims and his client ultimately fails to get confirmed,” ABC News reports.
“We’ve all had some indiscretions in our past and things like that.”
— Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX), dismissing allegations that Defense Secretary-designate Pete Hegseth raped a woman and was drinking on the job.