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He noted that Democratic leaders appear to be walking back threats to defund DHS during the next budget talks. The Democrats have also dropped their demand that DHS Secretary Kristi Noem be fired, Shuster wrote.

Shuster warned these actions all but ensure that "the deportation trains keep running on time."

He called on Democrats to continue pushing for structural reforms, even if it means shutting down DHS entirely.

"If Democrats are ever going to produce meaningful change, we should be willing to take real, structural action and not settle for symbolic reforms. This isn’t a time for democratic party modesty and pragmatism," he wrote. "People are being rounded up and disappeared. Protesters have been shot and killed. And DHS still refuses to fully cooperate with local Minneapolis prosecutors."

"Defunding is not radical," Shuster continued. "It is the only language Donald Trump and his republican enablers in Congress will understand. Everything else is sermonizing—cheap, shallow, and utterly ineffective."

"Politically and morally, democrats must be bold and strong. It’s not enough to express shock at Trump’s DHS, request technology changes, and ask federal agents to be more respectful of the Constitution," he added.

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"This may be the understatement of the year: Something deeply untoward appears to be hidden just beneath the surface of recently released documents as they relate to certain people," Baker wrote.

After Trump appointed Benjamin Black to his position, the elder Black purchased a significant sum of the debt Elon Musk incurred when he purchased Twitter in 2022, Baker noted.

The Trump administration has also moved to prevent Democrats like Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) from retrieving federal reports that could further link Black to Epstein's nefarious activities. Black was accused of raping underage girls in two separate lawsuits, Baker noted, but the law firms representing both women subsequently withdrew from the cases.

Baker added that Black paid Epstein in the neighborhood of $170 million for alleged real estate and tax consulting services, which Wyden is investigating to see if that sum was for legitimate professional services or not. However, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has stalled turning over the reports Wyden needs for his investigation, Baker wrote.

"With Epstein dead, Black is one of the few people who might know more than anyone else alive about things Trump would not want made public," Baker wrote. "Which could potentially explain what Trump wants in return for his many favors to Black: specifically, Black’s continued silence."

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The ad is being released at a time when Congress is preparing to depose Epstein's accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell, on Monday. Maxwell's attorneys have said she will invoke her Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination.

News of the ad by survivors didn't sit well with some fans of Trump's MAGA movement, who shared their reactions on social media.

"And this is how you know this is political and a psyop," the MAGA commentary group "Mostly Peaceful Latinas" posted on X. "Someone paid big money to have this as play during the Super Bowl tonight. People need to wake up from their conspiracy world and arrive back at reality."

"I’m all for releasing the files. These women could also just name their abusers at any time," MAGA commentator Matt Walsh posted on X. "Instead they’ve embarked on a months-long publicity campaign which curiously didn’t start until the exact moment Biden left office. They profess to know the names of child rapists in the most powerful positions in society yet they won’t tell us. They’ll even take out a Super Bowl ad while claiming to be silenced, even though they’re the ones refusing to give us the information they say they have."

"Who's paying for this?" right-wing commentator Michael Tracey posted on X.