Met in Michigan: New Epstein files reveal where he met his first victim The first known victim of Jeffrey Epstein was a 13-year-old girl in Michigan in the 1990s, according to files recently released by the Department of Justice.

Doe said she felt uncomfortable, but she was too young to understand why.

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In that same court document,
it is revealed that Epstein took the then 14-year-old
to Mar-a-Lago in 1994, where she was introduced to Donald Trump.

According to the files, Epstein elbowed Trump playfully asking him, "This is a good one, right?" with Trump smiling and nodding in agreement.

The document says ‘Jane Doe’ was abused by Epstein and Maxwell for years, suffering trauma and distress.

The camp was located in Interlochen, in Grand Traverse County, southwest of Traverse City.

(More, in regard to the same 14-year-old victim)

According to a court document that was released by the justice department on Dec. 19,
the first known victim of Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell was a 13-year-old girl from California in 1994 who was at a summer camp in Michigan.

... "The very things that should be a child's greatest qualities — their trust, their openness, their hope — were the exact things used to manipulate them," she said. "How can you make a child trust you, care about you, and then squash them like a bug?"

A few summers later,
Epstein and Maxwell met a 14-year-old student who said her first contact with them at the school was the start of a manipulative and controlling relationship that lasted years.

[That was the same 'time period' as this:
"Katie Johnson" is the pseudonym for a woman who filed a lawsuit in 2016 accusing Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein of sexual assault, alleging she was 13 years old when the abuse occurred in 1994.]

... A woman who testified at Maxwell's 2021 criminal trial said in a lawsuit that

she was 13 years old when she met Epstein and Maxwell at the school's annual summer Interlochen Arts Camp in 1994.
She says they began a relationship that started with grooming and led to sexual abuse.

How Epstein and Maxwell used an elite Midwest arts school to prey on girls Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell lavished money on the Interlochen Center for the Arts to gain access, documents show. In the process, two teenagers were pulled into their orbit.

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Epstein paid for a conference of top scientists in 2006. His motives are now clear A 2006 conference for physicists in the U.S. Virgin Islands that included a trip to Jeffrey Epstein's private island shows how he used his wealth to build relationships with prominent scientists.

www.npr.org/2026/03/09/n...

... "Tech companies coming to build in their backyard is going to increase their bills," she said, "all of those things that ordinary Americans understand as impacting their affordability."

And people are looking to their elected officials to hold these tech companies at bay.

Data centers are expensive, unpopular — and could be a tipping point in the midterms Anger over the data center boom has spilled into politics with voters unseating local politicians who support them. It's become an issue hard to ignore in the midterm elections.

www.npr.org/2026/04/20/g...

Only 3.8% of Businesses Use AI to Produce Goods and Services, Highest Use in Information Sector The Business Trends and Outlook Survey shows that only 3.8% of businesses use AI to produce goods and services but use varies by sector.

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one of my favorite parts of the onion infowars saga is how Alex Jones lost his fucking mind when they first bought it,,,,, partly because he didn't know or understand what the onion was

Trump's DOJ demands 2024 November ballots from Wayne County, Michigan The Department of Justice is demanding that the Wayne County Clerk's Office hand over the November 2024 ballots following claims of voter fraud in recent years.

www.cbsnews.com/detroit/news...

FBI Director Kash Patel sues The Atlantic for $250 million over story on alleged drinking, absences FBI Director Kash Patel filed a defamation lawsuit against The Atlantic, saying a recent story about his alleged frequent drinking and absences included "false and obviously fabricated" claims.

Kash Patel tries to save his job by emulating Trump in every way.

Spend more time targeting perceived enemies than doing your job.

Criticize the media for doing theirs.

And, when in doubt — try to cash in.

2024 Presidential Election Voting and Registration Tables Now Available In the 2024 presidential election, 73.6% of the voting-age population was registered to vote and 65.3% voted according to new voting and registration tables.

In the 2024 presidential election,

73.6% of the citizen voting-age population was registered to vote

65.3% voted

www.census.gov/newsroom/pre...

The most common reason for not voting among registered nonvoters was
they were not interested in the election (17.6%).

Other reasons included

not liking the candidates or campaign issues

being too busy

forgetting to vote

2020

Highest voter turnout in the 21st century

Despite COVID-19 concerns,
155 million people turned out for the 2020 presidential election.

4% (552,500) of registered nonvoters reported not voting due to their concerns about the COVID-19 pandemic.

2020 Presidential Election Voting and Registration Tables Now Available The 2020 presidential election had the highest voter turnout of the 21st century, with 66.8% of citizens 18 years and older voting in the election.

2020 voting

highest voter turnout in the 21st century

(Joe Biden won.)

www.census.gov/newsroom/pre...

'I never thought Trump would win': meet the Americans who chose not to vote Around 40% of those eligible chose not to vote in the US election, rather than back Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton. We heard from some of them

- I didn't vote. I didn't think Donald Trump would win.
I think even he was surprised.

- I didn't vote. I thought Hillary Clinton would win.

> 42% of eligible voters didn’t vote at all <

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

(2016)

The US election campaign
was a bitter battle that left the country divided.
While recent figures show 26.4% of the electorate backed Donald Trump and 26.5% backed Hillary Clinton (who won the popular vote) ...

He's growing it out

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For many voters, these systemic changes mean that
the effects of an election often extend beyond a chosen political "side" and directly influence personal finances, job security, and community resources.

National Debt and Uncertainty:
High-stakes trade negotiations and large tax cuts have led to increased economic policy uncertainty and a downgrade of the U.S. sovereign credit rating by Moody's.

Public Services and Safety:
Rollbacks in federal regulations have impacted various sectors, including workplace safety (OSHA), environmental protections for air and water quality, and the management of national parks.

Additionally, significant cuts to food assistance programs, like SNAP, were enacted in mid-2025, affecting families' ability to afford groceries.