## “My party is taking up for pedophiles”: Massie explains split with MAGA, Trump

Authored by salon.com

The regular target of Donald Trump and his allies explained the growing rift between himself and the president during a stop by CNN on Sunday.

Massie touted his Republican bona fides in an interview with “Inside Politics” host Manu Raju, saying he votes the party line the overwhelming majority of the time.

He’s broken with the president on foreign policy and the Epstein controversy, and that’s been enough for Trump to put a target on his back.

The president has encouraged his supporters to vote for Massie’s primary opponent ahead of the upcoming midterm elections.

The 9% of the time my party is taking up for pedophiles, bankrupting this country or starting another war, I don’t vote with them,” Massie said.

Massie said that, ultimately, Trump means to make an example of him to keep his colleagues “in line.”.

Massie also opened up a new front against Trump, condemning a racist video that was shared by the president on Truth Social. »

### California introduces bill to cap ticket re-sale prices

Authored by nme.com

California has introduced a bill to put a limit on ticket re-sale prices.

On Thursday (February 5), California state assemblyman Matt Haney introduced a spot bill titled the California Fans First Act, which would cap the price of a resold concert ticket at no more than 10 per cent above the ticket’s original face value.

If successful, California will follow Maine as the only other US state to have passed a re-sale cap. »

### FBI concluded Jeffrey Epstein wasn’t running a sex trafficking ring for powerful men, files show

Authored by apnews.com

But while investigators collected ample proof that Epstein sexually abused underage girls, they found scant evidence the well-connected financier led a sex trafficking ring serving powerful men, an Associated Press review of internal Justice Department records shows.

Summarizing the investigation in an email last July, agents said “four or five” Epstein accusers claimed other men or women had sexually abused them.

Journalists from each newsroom are working together to examine the files and share information about what is in them. »

### Japan's Sanae Takaichi wins a supermajority after gambling on a snap election

Authored by nbcnews.com

Japan’s conservative prime minister Sanae Takaichi has won a landslide victory after she gambled on a high-stakes snap election.

An NHK exit poll as voting ended earlier Sunday projected the LDP would win 274 to 326 seats.

The scale of the win was visible on a board behind Takaichi filled with red paper roses for LDP candidates. »

### Something supercharged Uranus when Voyager 2 flew past

Authored by sciencedaily.com

When NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft flew past Uranus in 1986, it made a surprising discovery.

Comparisons with other planets suggested Uranus should not have been able to sustain radiation levels anywhere near what Voyager recorded.

Scientists now believe the conditions Voyager 2 encountered at Uranus may have resembled the powerful solar driven events sometimes seen near Earth. »

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